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iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu

Posted by timothy on from the so-I-hope-you-were-using-pig-latin dept.

ndogg writes "Security experts found that the iPhone 3GS has very little security, even with a PIN set up. They plugged one into Ubuntu 10.04, and it was automounted with almost all of the iPhone's data exposed. This has been reported to Apple, but the company seems to be having difficulty reproducing the problem."

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  1. Wow. by phyrexianshaw.ca · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, I guess that shows that even though WE can install Ubuntu on a Mac, they have trouble with even that.

    1. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      The #%^&ing moron who pointed this out to Apple deserves to be punched in the face.

      If I lose connectivity to my iPhone 3GS because of this then I'm going to find you dude.

    2. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Hey, you're the fucking moron who bought a product from Apple, a company that is notoriously controlling and closed. If you punch anyone, it should be yourself for supporting them.

    3. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Everyone knows that Jobs has AIDS. Of course it is often suggested that AIDS came from primates so good old monkey boy might not be in the clear either...

  2. Re:Who says... by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let's be realistic here. At Apple any mouse with more than one button, or any phone with more than one button is considered "hard to use".

    --
    "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
  3. Re:Who says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apparently it's so hard to use that they can't even reproduce it at Apple.

    What do you expect from folks who use Macs? If it is anything other than graphic design... well good luck with that.

  4. Re:Sounds like a feature by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 0, Troll

    This, according to The iPhone User, is exactly how an elegant system should work. Just like how they were not ready for copy-paste till Apple provided it, and then it was The Best Copy-Paste out there. Go figure!

  5. Re:Sounds like a feature by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can't they just ramp up the fascism another notch by invoking the DMCA?