jeudi 14 avril 2016
Find Out How to Fix the iOS 9 Bug That Gives Anyone Access to Your Phone
Think slapping a six-digit password to your iPhone lock screen makes your phone impenetrable? Think again. A new iOS 9 bug is scaring users by illustrating just how vulnerable our smartphones really are.
In a recent video, YouTube user videosdebarraquito illustrated how the glitch works. Though the video is in Spanish, it shows him going to the lock screen, entering an incorrect password, and then activating Siri - which can be done by either pressing down on the home button or simply saying, "Hey, Siri."
The "hacker" then asks Siri to search Twitter for a particular phrase they know will bring up an email address. (Or, you can ask Siri to search for "@gmail.com" on Twitter and a bunch of email addresses will come up.) Then, by using 3D Touch and pressing onto any of the full email addresses that show up, he is able to choose "Add to existing contact." Subsequently, he is then given unfettered access to that phone's full contact list. Watch the entire process in the video below.
It gets worse: this glitch also grants people access to your photos! As shown in the video, once the "hacker" is roaming about in your contacts, they are able to click on a contact, add a photo for that contact, and then hit "Choose photo," which pulls up your entire photo library. Not cool, Apple. Not cool.
It's important to note that for this to work, you need to have an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, which come with 3D Touch capabilities. And there's some good news. You can prevent Siri activation from the lock screen by going into Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and disabling Siri before you have a major crisis on your hands.
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