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iOS 7: Urgent Notice About Significant Backdoor Security Vulnerability

Calendar Sep 25, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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security advisory critical issue backdoor fingerprint iOS lockscreen
With two lockscreen holes and a fingerprint sensor that can be fooled with woodglue, we thought we'd given diehard iPhone fans a horse that was already dangerously high enough for them not to get down from. [I think you have mixed more than a metaphor there, Ed.] For example, we chose not to cover the fact that the New York Police Department were handing out flyers over the weekend advising residents of the Big Apple to take Even Bigger Apple's advice, and to upgrade to iOS 7 as soon as possible for security reasons.

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