Hopes for a finalized iOS 10.2 jailbreak release from Luca Todesco appear to further dim as the hacker remains silent weeks after his self-declared exile from the jailbreak scene. Meanwhile, Apple has just seeded public beta 3 of version 10.3.2, which when officially released is deemed as another jailbreak killer.

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When Todesco announced that he's taking a break from public jailbreaking, he also underscored the importance of saving blobs for version 10.2, which is the basis of the Yalu102 jailbreak. The advisory was made on the notion that iOS 10.3 is nearly impossible to jailbreak but with saved blobs there might be an opening to downgrade from the firmware and then to modify.

Todesco hinted too before his hiatus, the Yalu jailbreak could be finalized and add support to the iPhone 7 series. Or at least he will resolve the solution's 7-day signing issue. The project, according to the iOS security researcher, is in collaboration with Cydia creator Jay Freeman or also known as Saurik.

However, no updates have been provided by both Todesco and Saurik so far, and the radio silence in effect seems to indicate that the jailbreak status quo will remain in effect for quite some time.

As it is becoming more likely that a finalized iOS 10.2 jailbreak will not see the light of the day, the prospect for an iOS crack going forward seems more impossible. Per iDownloadBlog.com, beta 3 of iOS 10.3.2 is certainly loaded with "bug fixes and improvements," meaning the upcoming version is to discourage jailbreaking.

And that, in fact, has been the case since iOS 10 first went live last year. Apple has been outracing the groups that previously proved prolific in creating jailbreak tools. The tech giant's dizzying update releases appeared to have frustrated the likes of Pangu and TaiG that they eventually abandoned jailbreaking.

The only successful iOS 10 jailbreak came from Todesco but the solution got stuck on beta status, thus largely unusable to the majority of jailbreak fans.

Then iOS 10.3 was dispatched with a new file system called APFS, which is now dubbed as Apple's jailbreak killer. Speculations are rife APFS is the main reason Todesco gave up on public jailbreaking.

To be sure, APFS will remain the centerpiece not only of the official iOS 10.3.2 release but also of the upcoming versions, including the iOS 11 rollout in the coming months. And if indeed APFS is shutting the door on jailbreak creators then it's safe to assume that jailbreaking is currently in limbo, likely heading to its eventual demise soon.