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Apple promises to fix iOS 7 lock screen hack (huge security hole in apple ios7).
CNET ^
| 19 Sep 2013
| Seth Rosenblatt
Posted on 09/20/2013 8:23:44 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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Wow if a Microsoft product was this buggy and insecure it would be all over the place.
To: for-q-clinton
Always wait for the second service pack, regardless of the OS.
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:24:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ShadowAce; Swordmaker
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:24:26 AM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: for-q-clinton
Yeah. Sure it would. Hahahahahah, that is really funny.
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:27:37 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Silence: The New Hate Speech)
To: for-q-clinton
I wonder how the heck someone figured that out. Seems an unusual set of steps to try. Didn’t take them long.
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:28:24 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: for-q-clinton
I upgraded my iPad to iOS 7 yesterday.
I don't have to worry about this bug. I don't have a password on the device. :-)
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:29:43 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
To: for-q-clinton
I wish they would come up with a fix for the gay user interface.
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:35:48 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be broken....)
To: for-q-clinton
I just tried this and it didn’t work for me..
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:36:23 AM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: justlurking
To: justlurking
I did my iPad yesterday as well. Have yet to find ANYTHING that lived up to any of the hype preceding its release. At best some furniture rearrangement.
This coming from a guy who upgraded from windows 3.1 to windows 95 and cussed the bejesus out of it way back when.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:30:50 AM PDT
by
diverteach
(If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
To: for-q-clinton
Glossed over is the fact that if you don’t allow bypass of the screen locking, you don’t have this problem.
To: for-q-clinton
iOS 7 also broke Safari when trying to view sites (corporate intranet sites in our case) that use Windows Authentication in IIS. Worked in iOS 5, 6. On iOS 7, they work in Chrome for the iPhone/iPad, but not in Safari.
Unfortunately, links in emails and other apps only open in Safari because closed-world Apple will not allow you to select your default browser (imagine if Microsoft did that...).
To: Ghost of SVR4
I could not get it to work on mine either.
To: Ghost of SVR4
Doesn’t work on my iphone 5. Tried several times. I think it’s bogus.
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posted on
09/20/2013 5:24:53 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
Apple doesn't: However, an Apple spokesperson told Forbes and others that the company "takes security very seriously" and that it's "aware of this issue. We'll deliver a fix in a future software update."
To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
Apple doesn't: As pointed out above, one of the very important requirements for this "exploit" to work was left out of the directions:
Glossed over is the fact that if you dont allow bypass of the screen locking, you dont have this problem.
In other words, it REALLY isn't secure to begin with if you allow bypassing screen locking!. That's exactly what this is describing: unlocked, bypassed screens! What do they expect if they TURN OFF SOME OF THE SECURITY????
Default is screen locking on.
This is almost as stupid as complaining that your Jailbroken iPhone is more susceptible to malware and blaming Apple. . .
As I said, it's bogus.
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posted on
09/20/2013 7:39:41 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: for-q-clinton; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
Contrived security issue on iOS 7? Maybe. But I don't think so. PING!
Apple iOS 7 Security Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
09/20/2013 7:43:18 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: for-q-clinton
I did my iPad yesterday, and so far there is only one issue I don’t like; the lack of a search box in my music library in the new iTunes . No problems at all with the phone..
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:54:06 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Barack Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama, America's first woman president..)
To: for-q-clinton
Wow if a Microsoft product was this buggy and insecure it would be all over the place. For once, I agree with you: Buggy and insecure Microsoft products are all over the place... '-)
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posted on
09/21/2013 6:34:14 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: for-q-clinton
“Wow if a Microsoft product was this buggy and insecure it would be all over the place.”
It requires physical access to the device. Any Windows PC data that’s not encrypted is vulnerable if you have physical access to the computer.
Regardless, Apple will get it fixed soon I’m sure. ;-)
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