jailbreaker
Breaks out forcibly
A jailbreaker is someone who removes software restrictions on a device, typically a smartphone, to allow unauthorized modifications or applications.
The term extends from the original sense of one who breaks out of jail—here the "jail" is the manufacturer's locked operating system.
Jailbreakers voided their warranties to install custom apps.
Flight from captivity
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
lockpick · getaway · flee · absconder · evasion · accomplice · mastermind · Alcatraz
Unauthorized system accessor
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- rootingActively cheering someone on
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
modding · bypass · iOS · bootloader · sideload · tweak · homebrew · unlock
Authority defier
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
- outlawFugitive from justice
resistance · subversion · antiauthoritarian · dissenter · iconoclast · radical · freethinker · circumvention
escape
Flight from captivity
tunnel · lockpick · getaway · flee · absconder · evasion · accomplice · mastermind · Alcatraz · cellblock
hacker
Unauthorized system accessor
firmware · modding · bypass · iOS · bootloader · sideload · tweak · homebrew · unlock · kernel
rebel
Authority defier
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
outlaw · resistance · subversion · antiauthoritarian · dissenter · iconoclast · radical · freethinker · circumvention · liberation
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- displaced peoplerefugee, displaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons
jailbreakerjailer
Prison guard
prison guard · warden · corrections officer · captor · gaoler