iPhone Security Hole….
I recently stumbled upon an article claiming to have found a security flaw in the new iPhone 2.01 and 2.02 software. Being sceptical to start with, I gave it a try... I was amazed to see that it is actually true!
Steps to recreate:
- Set in the Settings -> General -> Passocode lock to enabled. This should lock the screen with a password and forbid any unauthorised access.
- In Settings -> General -> Home Button, select Phone Favourites. When the home button is double clicked, the phone Favourites are displayed.
- Sleep the phone and wake it up. Slide to Unlock. Click on emergency call and double click on the Home button. WHAT! The phone favourites are displayed! Select to view details of a person and click on text messages. WHAT AGAIN! I can read, send and delete any message I want! Click on e-mail and you just got access to my corporate email!
So, what is the sollution? Set the Settings -> General -> Home Button to Home Screen. That will disable the security hole...
Well done Apple on this one...........
iPhone part 2.0… Queue frenzy!
So, the new iPhone is out today. As existing owners definitely know, 90% of the benefits in the new phone lie within the new software. However, there is this one little thing that makes the new iPhone more appealing... 3G. 16GB of storage is also a good incentive to switch. Yes, the existing iPhone is adequately fast, but faster is always better... Also as described in the economics behind iPhone here, the new iPhone is free on selected tariffs (even though it ends up being more expensive in the long run than paying up-front) and that will definitely lure a lot of iPhone wanna-be's that could simply not afford the original phone. So, out of curiosity I popped down my local O2 and Carphone Warehouse store to see what was happening...
iPhone: Behind the clever marketing…
As any half-decent technology fan knows by now, the new Apple iPhone was announced last Monday, with UK having the privilege to be one of the first countries to welcome it on the 11th of July. So what has changed from the previous model? Frankly, not much, but just enough to get you thinking about it. Especially if you consider the incredible price of.... free! Tempted? Lets take a closer look...