"Open the iPhone door, Siri!" - Apple's digital helper coughs up another lock screen hole

May be of interest to iphone users.

"Open the iPhone door, Siri!" - Apple's digital helper coughs up another lock screen hole

Looks like a flaw, but not a serious one.

First of all the hacker has to have possession of your phone. If you've lost your phone you can (and should) remotely wipe it.

Second, the hacker only gets access to your contact list and dialing capability. Yeah, he could make creepy phone calls, but so what.

That's the kind of software error that a junior programmer would make. Whether it's Apple or Microsoft or Google, that type of error is unacceptable. A decent QA process before release would have caught it. Very disappointed in Apple. I expect more from them.

H8r

Not a hater, NoCo. I just have no tolerance for shitty software. And I see more and more of it. It is inexcusable and preventable. All it takes is professionals who care about the quality of their product.

A child can write a program that works just fine as long as the user of the program does just exactly what the programmer expects. The trick is to write a program that will not fail when the user does something bizarre or unexpected. That's the tough part, but it can be done. It just costs a little more and requires expertise.

I'm generally happy with Apple software.

At least I don't have to run virus scans every day.