Anyone With A Smart Cover Can Break Into Your Ipad 2

[chowdary9]

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Talk over an iPhone 4S security flaw [url="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20122632-245/bad-siri-shell-let-anyone-use-a-locked-iphone-4s/"]regarding Siri[/url] working from the Lock screen has made the rounds the past few days, but this “security flaw” is not so much a flaw, but an indented feature from Apple. In fact, Apple allows users to choose to turn off Siri from the Lock screen in the iPhone 4S settings menu. Now, a real iOS security flaw has emerged, and anyone with a Smart Cover can break into your “password-protected” iPad 2. This issue occurs in iOS 5, but we’re hearing uncorroborated reports of it also working in earlier versions of iOS 4.3.[/size][/font]
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[b]What the flaw allows[/b]:[/size][/font]
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As you can see in our video above, a Smart Cover can essentially unlock an iPad 2. The person who unlocks your iPad 2 will not have complete access to your iPad, but will be able to gain entrance to whatever you locked your iPad 2 on. If your iPad 2 went to sleep in Mail, Safari, Messages, Contacts, or Maps, you can imagine the sorts of personal information that can be viewed on your iPad. If you left your iPad 2 on its Home screen, the person can view which applications you have on your device, control media from the multitasking bar, but not much else.[/size][/font]
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[b]How to re-create it:[/b][/size][/font]
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1) Lock a password protected iPad 2[/size][/font]
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2) Hold down power button until iPad 2 reaches turn off slider[/size][/font]
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3) Close Smart Cover[/size][/font]
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4) Open Smart Cover[/size][/font]
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5) Click cancel on the bottom of the screen[/size][/font]
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[b]Temporary solution is after the break:[/b][/size][/font]
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We have discovered that you can temporarily fix this bug by disabling Smart Cover unlocking in the iPad 2 settings menu under the General tab.[/size][/font]
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We hope Apple moves to fix this bug as soon as possible.[/size][/font]

[bonguking]

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