iOS 5 Bug May Allow Others to View Your Photos


Submitted by Dan; January 06, 2012
iPhone hacker, Ade Barkah came across another glitch in iOS 5 which is related with the time and the photos on your iPhone or iDevice. Someone can view your Photos even if your iPhone is locked. In the feature introduced by Apple on iOS 5 where you can quickly launch camera app directly from LockScreen even if your iPhone is locked, there is a possible chance someone can view your photos. Normally, only those photos are shown in the camera app which are taken at that time at displayed. However, the way Apple isolated these photos from the others which are already present in the iPhone Photos app is sorta flawed. The phenomenon is actually due to the time change. Photos with those time stamp will be shown at that time. But, for some reasons, if your time settings are changed, then you can view all the photos on your locked iPhone. However unlikely, Apple will most likely fill this loophole in the next update. Beware those with iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices, you should avoid further updating your iDevice from iOS 5.0.1 if you're interested in jailbreaking that particular device.



Tags: Ade Barkah, Apple, ios 5, iphone, lockscreen



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# Mr Saibot 2012-01-06 14:00

Apple needs to employ developers with more skill. There's too many bugs & glitches with iOS.


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