Isikhathi esithile manje, baningi abaduni ababambe iqhaza elibalulekile ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zemvelo, ezinjenge-iOS ngaphandle kokuqhubeka, abangasekho ekubeni yilungu elisebenzayo le-jailbreak, isoftware lapho kungafakwa khona uhlelo lokusebenza ku-iPhone ukweqa umkhawulo we-Apple, ukujoyina izinkampani ezahlukahlukene zezokuphepha noma ukuzisebenzisela ukushintsha imivuzo emihle abavame ukuyinikeza. I-Google, Facebook, Microsoft ne-Apple yizinkampani ezikhokha kakhulu kubo bonke labo bantu abathola isiphazamisi noma indlela yokonakalisa amasevisi abo. Kepha ayikho kulezi zinkampani ekwazi ukwenza u- $ 500.000 kulezi zinhlobo zokungabi sengozini kosuku lwe-zero, ngaphandle kweZerodium.
Ukuba sengozini kwezinsuku ezingama-zero yizona ezikhona ezinhlelweni ezisebenzayo noma ezinhlelweni kusukela ekudalweni kwazo futhi umdali wazo engakwazi, yingakho igama lazo. Lezi zinhlobo zokuba sengozini zifunwa kakhulu futhi zivuzwa yizinkampani. IZerodium yinkampani ezinikele ekukhuthazeni zonke izinhlobo zabaduni ukuthola lezi zinhlobo zokuba sengozini, kepha hhayi ukuzisebenzisa, kepha ukuzithengisa kamuva kohulumeni.
Isimemezelo sakamuva esenziwe yinkampani sisikhombisa ukuthi sizimisele kanjani ukukhokha noma ngubani ogebenga ikunikeza ukuba sengozini kosuku olungu-zero ku-WhatsApp, Signal, WeChat, Telegram, Viber, Faceboom Messenger naku-iMessage. I-Signal ingesinye sezicelo zokuthumela imiyalezo esike sathandwa kakhulu ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokufika kukaDonald Trump esikhundleni sikaMongameli waseMelika.
Kepha lo akuwona umvuzo omkhulu kunawo wonke iZerodium enikeza abaduni. Njengamanje unikeza u- $ 1,5 million kulabo baduni abaphatha ukuthola ukuba sengozini kwezinsuku ezingama-zero okuvumela ukufinyelela ku-iPhone ye-Apple, ngaleyo ndlela kudlule zonke izinhlelo zokuphepha ezinikezwa yi-iOS.