Comments on: Gigantic Security Flaw Uncovered in 2.0.2 (updated) http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/27/gigantic-security-flaw-uncovered-in-202/ For people who dare to Phone Different. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:58:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rene Ritchie http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/27/gigantic-security-flaw-uncovered-in-202/comment-page-1/#comment-13440 Rene Ritchie Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:35:28 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4011#comment-13440 <p>This is a pretty colossal blunder from a security standpoint, but it happens to even the best engineers (no QA dept. can ever catch what a million+ users pounding away will quickly discover). Like Dieter says, tho, Apple has the fastest patch engine on the mobile planet at this point.</p> <p>Off to implement the workaround...</p> This is a pretty colossal blunder from a security standpoint, but it happens to even the best engineers (no QA dept. can ever catch what a million+ users pounding away will quickly discover). Like Dieter says, tho, Apple has the fastest patch engine on the mobile planet at this point.

Off to implement the workaround…

]]> By: iPhoneMilk http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/27/gigantic-security-flaw-uncovered-in-202/comment-page-1/#comment-13439 iPhoneMilk Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:32:54 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4011#comment-13439 <p>I live Dangerously..... =)</p> I live Dangerously….. =)

]]> By: Dieter Bohn http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/27/gigantic-security-flaw-uncovered-in-202/comment-page-1/#comment-13438 Dieter Bohn Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:12:21 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4011#comment-13438 <p>Bad Ash -- you caught it before I finished. Stupid publish button -- so easy to hit, so hard to take back. :D</p> Bad Ash — you caught it before I finished. Stupid publish button — so easy to hit, so hard to take back. :D

]]> By: Bad Ash http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/27/gigantic-security-flaw-uncovered-in-202/comment-page-1/#comment-13437 Bad Ash Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:02:17 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4011#comment-13437 <p>^^^ *** not "shut" but make the double tap... ***</p> ^^^ *** not “shut” but make the double tap… ***

]]> By: Bad Ash http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/27/gigantic-security-flaw-uncovered-in-202/comment-page-1/#comment-13436 Bad Ash Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:01:05 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4011#comment-13436 <p>To avoid this all you have to do is shut the double tap of the home button to something other than your favorites. Then you will not be able to access any information.</p> To avoid this all you have to do is shut the double tap of the home button to something other than your favorites. Then you will not be able to access any information.

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