New iPhone bug is being way over-blown
What’s with all of the blogs killing Apple about this latest iPhone bug? Granted, it’s certainly an embarrassing situation to have another bug on their hands, but is it that big of a deal?
For example, here are some of the headlines:
- Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private Information at Risk
- Major security hole found in iPhone
- iPhone 2.0.2 Security Flaw puts your info at risk
- iPhone 2.0.2 security flaw makes private data accessible
Wow, this must be a major bug! Is my data at risk!?! Yeah, probably not.
This bug allows people to bypass the passcode lock on the phone. That’s certainly a problem for some people, but how many people do you know that set the passcode on the phone and then leave it unattended very often? I personally know eight people with iPhones, and none of them use the passcode — they just keep the phone on their body.
In addition, there is a very simple workaround. If you set your “home button double-click preference” to either “Home” or “iPod” instead of the default “iPhone favorites”, the problem is fixed. Also, MacRumors has been told that this problem has already been fixed for a future firmware update.
I guess any story with “apple” and “security” in it must be major news, even when it’s not.
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September 19th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
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