Another iPhone Lock Screen Bypass Trick Emerges
That was quick.
Apple just this week released a fix for the highly publicized lock screen bypass that was discovered in mid-February. Unfortunately, it seems another trick that allows similar access to the device has already been discovered.
According to The Next Web, this vulnerability is present in iOS 6.1.3. This version was just released earlier this week and contained a number of bug fixes along with a fix for the lock screen bypass. The method for bypassing the lock screen in that instance was pretty complicated. This time, it's much, much easier.
Before, bypassing the lock screen involved a complicated series of taps, interrupted emergency calls, and attempting to the turn the phone off. This time, all you need is for voice dialing to be enabled and to pull out the SIM card mid-call. This brings up the dialer and from there you can access photos, call history, and more.
Apple hasn't commented on this new hole but we'll keep you posted. For now, you can protect your phone by switching off voice dial in the passcode lock section in the Settings menu.

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You don't understand the implications. For instance, if you were to ever be arrested, you can be absolutely certain that your phone will have had attempts to bypass your passcode and/or recovering your personal data from it. Same can be said for TSA checkpoint, or realistically any time that it's a pain in the ass for someone to call a judge up and ask for a quick warrant on the spot. (Which rarely happens)
What happens when they find something on your phone? Well, you might think it nullifies that evidence, and you'd be correct. But what it doesn't do is remove their ability to detain you for probable cause (PC), which can last long enough for a more in-depth warrant. If they find anything suspicious on your phone, whether it's incriminating or not, you suddenly fall within PC in most states, just because your phone as a glaring security flaw.
Another scary situation is as it pertains to enterprise, or PHI; a fully encrypted device should not have this easy a bypass.
When touting security as a selling point, you cannot afford to lose customer confidence.
Have you ever heard of Konboot?
No it wasn't. You can bypass the log in screen on windows 98 through a series of steps as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Jeit6cVaQ
Employees: Hooray!
Bob: WTF Bill stop looking at my contacts.
Yea but hat was back in... 1998 Laptops were just starting to become popular.
Yes I know, that's why I mentioned it. It's a long set of steps by comparison.
There's no excuse for being able to bypass a lock screen like that anymore.
All this bashing just cuz it's an Apple product. Grow up people and get off the Apple Hater bandwagon! Show me one Tech product out there that uses an OS that doesn't have problems, any problems. You can't cuz there is not one. They'll fix this exploit too. Just like Windows does and Android also, with time. That's the way it works.