Jailbreaking carries some risks to the user and this article is an example how no one really understands these risks fully. Nevertheless, jailbreaking is quite popular and it's something that ordinary iPhone users do. It's not just hackers who have some idea what they're getting into. So it's worth reminding readers that jailbreaking may bring your phone real economic consequenses.

Also, this is an article about how a bit of 3rd party software behaves on jailbroken devices. It seems entirely relevant to discuss how Apple itself views the practice.