Major security hole found in iPhone

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Because no one ever leaves their phone on their desk at work while they run to the restroom, nor do they leave it in their bag at the gym/pool. Students don't leave them in their lockers, or in the locker room during practices. People on sets and stages don't leave their things in the dressing room, either. We pack those things around with us, no matter if it is completely inappropriate, inconvenient, damaging, or not allowed. No such instances exist. In addition, no one ever gets confidential or critical emails. So this is clearly no big deal. It is also clear that someone who steals the phone, and has to get it all the way back to their place to start cracking into it, basically playing beat-the-clock while I call AT&T and have them remotely wipe the phone, thus securing my data, is of much greater concern than a password that doesn't lock ****, therefore leaving your data out there for any idiot to collect in a matter of 1.5 seconds. I'm also cool with my husband, brother, mother, father, friends, etc, having the ability to peruse information that may be private, even if it's not sensitive, but it doesn't matter because only a real dummy would leave their phone lying around in my own house.

On a related note, I've been considering soldering my phone to my hand, since I like so many others have never put it down.

/sarcasm


All sarcasm aside (and seriously, I was just kidding), this does seem to be an issue of sheer simplicity, which will guarantee make more than one enterprise step back and question what other incredibly easy tasks have been screwed up. It could be a major problem for businesses...but I don't see it being nearly so big a problem for consumers.

But that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be embarassed of how easy they made it.

Posted by: laura.b   Posted on: 08/27/08  (Edited: 08/27/2008 @ 12:36) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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