iPhone lockscreen can be bypassed with new iOS 6.1 trick

iPhone lockscreen can be bypassed with new iOS 6.1 trick

By Aaron Souppouris on February 14, 2013 06:57 am @AaronIsSocial 29Comments A security flaw in Apple's iOS 6.1 lets anyone bypass your iPhone password lock and access your phone app, view or modify contacts, check your voicemail, and look through your photos (by attempting to add a photo to a contact). The method, as detailed by YouTube user videosdebarraquito, involves making (and immediately canceling) an emergency call and holding down the power button twice. We followed the steps and managed to access the phone app on two UK iPhone 5s running iOS

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  1. The Verge

    98.0 days ago

    Bug in iOS 6.1 lets anyone bypass your iPhone lockscreen http://t.co/S4PmZIrR

  2. David Chartier

    98.0 days ago

    This is a ridiculous iOS 6.1 flaw, but publishing it doesn’t help anyone. It creates sensational headlines: http://t.co/zUdTB3dO



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