jailbreaker en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From jail + breaker.
Meanings
- One who breaks out of jail.
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jailbreaker en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From jailbreak + -er.
Meanings
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(qualifier:computer security) A person who jailbreaks an electronic device.
He [Valen Tagliabue] is not a traditional hacker or a software developer; his background is psychology and cognitive science. But he is one of the best “jailbreakers” in the world (some say the best): part of a diffuse new community that studies the art and science of fooling these powerful machines into outputting bomb-making manuals, cyber-attack techniques, biological weapon design and more. […] This is why AI firms increasingly turn to jailbreakers like Tagliabue. […] Perhaps it’s some kind of penitence: “I’ve always had an internal conflict,” he [David McCarthy] says. “I bridge a position between jailbreaker and security researcher.”
2026 April 29, Jamie Bartlett, “Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2026:
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