(This is short English version of the last week’s post about Kali AP)
Since the Kali Anti-Piracy announcement there have been plenty of questions, comments, and other feedback (including letters cursing the Ripdev team) regarding the system to protect iPhone apps against cracking. This is why I wrote this article that explains some of the techniques employed by Kali and what exactly is going on with the application, the developer of the application and Ripdev.
First — an introduction to how the current iPhone application cracking system works, so you can understand what we have to deal with. Cracker buys an application in the App Store and launches it on his iPhone — initially the app’s executable code is protected by Apple’s DRM system. But when the app is launched, system reads all the keys and loads the unprotected application into the RAM. 
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