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Locked iPhones Can Be Unlocked Without Password

Posted by timothy on from the now-lookie-hyeah dept.

snydeq writes "Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses. Pressing the emergency call button at the unlock screen, followed by two taps on the home button, takes you to the iPhone's private 'favorites' page without the need to enter the unlock code, MacRumors user greenmymac has found. If the owner of the phone has favorite entries in their address book containing URLs, e-mail addresses or mobile phone numbers, then those entries can be used to launch the browser, mail application or SMS software, and gain access to private Web favorites, e-mail messages, and text messages stored in the phone, again without entering the unlock code."

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  1. CALL OUT THE DOGS by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quick, to the Apple-bashing-mobile

    1. Re:CALL OUT THE DOGS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's just down from the Microsoft-bashing mobile and next to the Comcast-bashing mobile. They all look similar, so make sure you have the right keys, oh and replace the memes if you use them all. Gotta keep a fresh supply.

    2. Re:CALL OUT THE DOGS by BasharTeg · · Score: 4, Funny

      There's no need to fear! Apple Apologist Squad to the rescue!

      Quick, spin that security vulnerability into a feature! Now, follow up by making excuses for ridiculously overpriced hardware! Finish them off by implying that 6.5% PC market share growing to 7.2% PC market share is the new "Apple Revolution"!

      We've done it! Truths about the downsides to Apple products have been dismissed and discredited, and the comfort provided by our elitism can continue for years to come. Well done Apple Apologist Squad!

  2. Re:Back door anyone? by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't sound impossible to me, considering how many /.er's buttons Apple manages to push remotely.

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  3. Re:not really surprising by Coraon · · Score: 4, Funny

    My guess too. Mac zealots are a strange tribe, if you tell them apple cant do something they get really bent out of shape. And just because I feel like burning more Karma listen up Mac fan boys: Steve Jobs cannot walk on water, he's just a mortal man.

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