After Steve Ballmer, Apple seems to be going to Balls. Gizmodo just posted ‘Anyone can Bypass iOS7 Lockscreen and make calls’ http://goo.gl/efRk1q.
To quote them:
This bug was discovered by Karam Daoud, and it's even easier to pull off than the camera bug. Just take a locked iPhone, go to the emergency dialer, type in a number, and hammer on the call button. Eventually the phone will lock up and reboot, but the call goes through. We were able to replicate the bug on an iPhone 5.
Unquote.
To be fair, Lockscreens are a bit of dibbly-dobbly things. There were reports of Samsung Galaxy Tabs affected with the vulnerability. Many Android phones are (were) also vulnerable through Skype and other poorly built Apps. But this vulnerability is not because of other apps - it is a inbuilt hole in the iOS itself.
Another point not to miss is that it is one thing with a cheap Android, probably Korean built, phone. Quite another matter with a $730+ (Rs. 46,000+) cheap iPhone 5C. It is galling, for the simple reason, that Apple (and even Google / Samsung) could easily check for all these OS vulnerabilities, in-house, prior release, if they just put their mind to it.
If they are good enough to write a patch, they are good enough to plug it in the first place.
My wondering half whispers, ‘Is Apple looking up these facts about itself on an iPhone?’
To quote them:
This bug was discovered by Karam Daoud, and it's even easier to pull off than the camera bug. Just take a locked iPhone, go to the emergency dialer, type in a number, and hammer on the call button. Eventually the phone will lock up and reboot, but the call goes through. We were able to replicate the bug on an iPhone 5.
Unquote.
To be fair, Lockscreens are a bit of dibbly-dobbly things. There were reports of Samsung Galaxy Tabs affected with the vulnerability. Many Android phones are (were) also vulnerable through Skype and other poorly built Apps. But this vulnerability is not because of other apps - it is a inbuilt hole in the iOS itself.
Another point not to miss is that it is one thing with a cheap Android, probably Korean built, phone. Quite another matter with a $730+ (Rs. 46,000+) cheap iPhone 5C. It is galling, for the simple reason, that Apple (and even Google / Samsung) could easily check for all these OS vulnerabilities, in-house, prior release, if they just put their mind to it.
If they are good enough to write a patch, they are good enough to plug it in the first place.
My wondering half whispers, ‘Is Apple looking up these facts about itself on an iPhone?’
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