A new service has found a way to let users install pirated iPhone and iPad apps without the need for an iOS 6 jailbreak, opening the door for piracy on millions of Apple devices.
While work on an iOS 6 jailbreak continues into the new year, a new service called Zeusmos is gaining popularity thanks to the ability to install apps on the iPhone without buying them in the App Store.
This is bad news for developers and paying customers, who may suffer now that app piracy is easier than jailbreaking the iPhone. Many members of the jailbreak community do not pirate apps, even to “try before you buy†which is what sites like Zeusmos claim to offer.
A new tool allows pirated apps without an iOS 6 jailbreak.
The Next Web [1] provides an in-depth look at Zeusmos and the competing Kuaiyong service, both of which offer means of installing pirated iPhone and iPad apps without  the need for an iOS 6 jailbreak. This opens up app piracy to the iPhone 5 for the first time and to a dramatically larger group of users across the entire Apple product lineup.
It appears that Zeusmos allows users to install cracked apps which have had their DRM removed. To use this service, users must pay a fee, so it is likely that the service is setting users up under a developer account which makes it possible to run apps not purchased from Apple in the App Store.
Zeusmos is offline at the current time, and the creator says he plans to address the issues which made piracy an easy task for many users.
A second service called Kuaiyong offers pirated app installs, but performs all the actions on the iPhone. Kuaiyong breaks iTunes syncing for users that install pirated apps.
The Next Web says developers are spotting thousands of pirated app installs,
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