This time, José Rodríguez came up with a way to trick the iOS 13 beta into showing its address book without the need to unlock the screen.
Tag Archives: lockscreen
Another day, another update, another iPhone lockscreen bypass
Researcher José Rodríguez beats the lockscreen to display contact phone numbers and email addresses.
New Android Marshmallow devices must have default encryption, Google says
Google has released compatibility requirements for new devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and there’s one requirement that is justifiably getting a lot of attention – full-disk encryption must be enabled by default (with a few exceptions).
Hijacking phones with radio waves, Siri and headphones. Should we worry?
We can make calls, send text messages, do web searches, and much more using voice commands. What if someone else could do these things – silently, remotely, and without your knowledge?
Google: 30% of wireless calls to 911 emergency services are butt dials
Butt dials can be awkward, but there are serious consequences too. As researchers from Google found recently, up to 30% of wireless calls to 911 in San Francisco are accidental butt dial calls.
Change this setting to stop Siri spilling your selfies!
A Siri-ous bug affecting iOS 9 could let a crook skip your passcode, and get at your photos… …and access your contacts, and send bogus messages in your name. Here’s how to fix it.
Google fixes an Android Lollipop lockscreen bypass bug – how bad was it?
The exploit worked by entering an extremely long string of characters into the password field while the camera is open, causing the device to crash and return to the homescreen.
Surprise! People choose predictable Android lockscreen patterns
New research studying how people create lockscreen patterns suggests that they aren’t a secure alternative to passcodes at all.