iPhone 4S Siri security loophole found, sparks privacy concerns
Oh joy of joys, Siri has a security flaw. To put that in to context, that’s one heck of a lot of iPhone 4S’s which have this flaw, meaning that there are millions of consumers out there who are at risk of privacy breaches. As T3 reports, Siri can be used even when the iPhone 4S is locked, letting anyone give commands, ask for personal information and then potentially use that information. Right now, we presume that Apple will be working around the clock to fix this newly known about iPhone 4S Siri fault, so hopefully you consumers won’t be at risk for that much longer. In the meantime, be sure to check out the most common iPhone 4S faults so far as reported to us by our subscribers.
The iPhone 4S was officially unveiled by Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, on the 4th of October and brings with is faster graphics, a faster overall processor and iOS 5 + Siri, Apple’s personal assistant in which the new loophole has been found.
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This is actually not a problem: If you don’t have Passcode Lock active, you can always simply swipe to access everything anyways. So in that case, Siri doesn’t give anyone any more information than the phone does already. If you have Passcode Lock activated, there’s a setting (Settings / General / Passcode Lock / Siri) which indicates whether Siri should work or not work with Passcode Lock. The default here is “On” – which might not be the smartest default setting – but it’s easy enough to change.
Great info there! I’m sure everybody will find that hugely useful. Thanks Jashan
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So all this hype around privacy laws with Siri is actually not necessary? I agree that the default should be set to off but the whole point in siri is that you can use it whilst driving and in situations where you are unable to use your hands so I can see why that would not be the default setting. Cheers for the info!
Well, I think there are severe issues with Siri regarding privacy – but it’s not the issue described in this article. After all, that’s really just a matter of configuration.I think the real privacy issue with Siri is that it transmits everything you say to Apple. So not only does Apple know all your data you put into iCloud (contacts, appointments, pictures you take, documents) but they also know everything you say to Siri.IMHO, Siri is a pretty cool idea – but one should be very cautious using it until they put the whole thing on the device. It’s also rather annoying to hear Siri saying “Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the network” all the time while travelling (a GSM connection is not enough – you need at least EDGE and it only works reliably with UMTS/3G connections).At the moment, I kind of trust Apple … but that could change any day. iCloud is a free service – and you know that when something’s free, you are not the customer but the product that is used to make money.
Don’t know where you chaps are from, but operating a mobile phone here in the UK whilst driving is illegal, making Siri useless to any law abiding citizen.
I’m also in this predicament, even pressing the home button and being seen by a Police Officer whilst driving is enough for 3 points on the license. #notgood.
Perhaps I buy an iphone!
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In south America no police officer say anything to you if you drive and use your phone, it’s terrible.
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