- Found this article on Cnet.
http://http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20122632-245/bad-siri-shell-let-anyone-use-a-locked-iphone-4s/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=InSecurityComplex
Appears there is a security concern with little old Siri.
"What's disappointing to me though is that Apple had a clear choice here," Sophos' Graham Cluley writes in a blog post. "They could have chosen to implement Siri securely, but instead they decided to default to a mode which is more about impressing your buddies than securing your calendar and email system."
The part I'm getting a kick out of is the comments below the blog post. All the fanbois with their persecution complex yet I'm pretty sure I saw a bunch of them sounding off in here when the brute force password issue came up a few weeks back.
Like grains of sand through an hour glass . . .Last edited by kojisan; 10-19-11 at 03:53 PM.
miktro likes this.10-19-11 02:54 PMLike 1 - I don't have not seen this issue yet with iOS 5. Also, like someone else said it's not an iOS 5 issue. It is a siri issue.10-19-11 03:23 PMLike 0
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com10-19-11 05:53 PMLike 0 - avt123O.G.Way more than 4 million man. The iPhone 4 is apples best selling smartphone ever.MissJennell#IM likes this.10-19-11 05:56 PMLike 1
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either way i still find it amusing how iphone and android users (some of whom were BB users admittedly) find it totally acceptable to come on here and post negative stuff on RIM with (lets be very honest here) totally misleading titles/content, yet as soon as the shoe`s on the other foot its suddenly not fair.
i seem to recall the phrase `if you cant take cirticism, then dont give anyone else any`, maybe theres a lesson there.10-19-11 06:26 PMLike 2 - avt123O.G.logic clearly isnt the word you were looking for. being informed is what ya meant.
either way i still find it amusing how iphone and android users (some of whom were BB users admittedly) find it totally acceptable to come on here and post negative stuff on RIM with (lets be very honest here) totally misleading titles/content, yet as soon as the shoe`s on the other foot its suddenly not fair.
i seem to recall the phrase `if you cant take cirticism, then dont give anyone else any`, maybe theres a lesson there.
And yea, I used the word logic the wrong way.10-19-11 07:10 PMLike 0 - avt123O.G.
I'd leave it on. Once mobile devices are hacked at an alarming rate, then I would be concerned.
All of my really important info on my iPhone has AES 256 bit encryption anyways. My contacts aren't stored on my device, they are in Google cloud via exchange.10-19-11 09:24 PMLike 0 - You can turn javascript off in the browser to prevent the flaw. You wont have a "fully functioning browser", but it will prevent the flaw for those who actually care.
I'd leave it on. Once mobile devices are hacked at an alarming rate, then I would be concerned.
All of my really important info on my iPhone has AES 256 bit encryption anyways. My contacts aren't stored on my device, they are in Google cloud via exchange.
ETA: Really, it isn't so much a flaw as a design choice: I can't post the link but check out the article on Macrumors from the 14th.Last edited by TGR1; 10-19-11 at 09:34 PM.
10-19-11 09:29 PMLike 0 - Avt123 and MissJenell are right. It's a Siri issue.
And it really is illogical to say that it's an iOS 5 flaw because of Siri.
iPhone 4S + iOS 5 = Siri = Security flaw
iPhone 3GS + iOS 5 = No Siri = No security flaw
iPhone 4 + iOS 5 = No Siri = No Security flaw
Fact: Logic escapes all fanboys.10-19-11 09:58 PMLike 2 - Thats a good point, possibly some non Apple fans forgot the fact that Siri is prevented from running on earlier iPhones than the 4S even though it technically could, so that Apple could push it as a Premium feature worthy of an upgrade to an otherwise unremarkably different phone.10-20-11 03:44 AMLike 0
- Accidental PostSlayer of MisinformationJust like the article says try it grab my phone and try siri from the lock screen. You know what you get? NOTHING! This security flaw is no different than a BB user not protecting their BB with a passcode.10-20-11 06:39 AMLike 0
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