Now the exploit only gives an someone access to both contacts and photos and the exploit has been confirmed by iPhoneInCanada.ca on an iPhone 4, 4S, and 5. But the good news is that you can make your iPhone safe(er). Simply disable Voice Dial from the Passcode Lock menu. If you have Siri enabled, you’re fine as Siri has to be disabled to enable Voice Dial.
Now the last time such an issue was discovered, it took Apple over a month to fix it. Apple needs to fix this one a whole lot faster and maybe give it a few extra cycles in the hands of their QA team before they release it.
New Lock Screen Exploit Found In iOS 6.1.3
iOS 6.1.3 has been out for less than two days and there’s a new lock screen exploit to report. Here’s video proof:
Now the exploit only gives an someone access to both contacts and photos and the exploit has been confirmed by iPhoneInCanada.ca on an iPhone 4, 4S, and 5. But the good news is that you can make your iPhone safe(er). Simply disable Voice Dial from the Passcode Lock menu. If you have Siri enabled, you’re fine as Siri has to be disabled to enable Voice Dial.
Now the last time such an issue was discovered, it took Apple over a month to fix it. Apple needs to fix this one a whole lot faster and maybe give it a few extra cycles in the hands of their QA team before they release it.
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