Thursday, August 28, 2008

iPwned: How to bypass iPhone 2.0.2's password protection

9to5Mac reports that the iPhone 2.0.2 software has a bad bug which pretty much renders the password protection on an iPhone useless.

From the article:

The simple trick, "gives anyone full access to your Mail, SMS, Contacts, and Safari," reports a member of the MacRumors forum.

And the trick requires the technological skills of a five year old - essentially someone trying to access a password-protected iPhone simply needs to tap the emergency call button, and then double tap the home button and then...

Read the article on how to protect yourself.

I don't have an iPhone (although Erik of our dev team has been tempting me to get one) so I didn't test this.

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