Just talk to “Siri,” so she publishes on the wall to the phone’s owner.
* Security Failures in Apple’s “Siri”
* Allows publishing your Facebook wall
* See video how easy it is
Security shortfall means that anyone who can access your iPhone can ask Siri carry out certain functions to post on Facebook and retrieve the name and number. This applies only to those who have Siri enabled.
It is Trend Micro as revealed security failures, writes Aftenposten today.
“Every person can use” Siri “to retrieve your full name, your email address, your phone number, your image and make updates on your Facebook wall even if your Iphone or Ipad are locked with a code. “
We were surprised at how easy it was to get access to your Facebook account as long as we had the physical phone.
Such was the result of a 30 second operation office where producer Dyveke Skauge suddenly become a fan of Justin Bieber:
“FACE RAPE”: So easy you can write on the wall to a colleague’s Facebook Page. Although the phone was locked. Watch the video above to see more. Photo: Screen shot, Facebook.
Inspectorate seems nothing special about the security glitch.
– When activated code or fingerprint anticipated that the contents of your mobile is safely behind. And even if you as a consumer have a responsibility to familiarize themselves with how mobile works, one can not expect that everyone understands that “Siri” works this way, says Skåra and shows how complicated and smart phones have become, says information director the Inspectorate to Aftenposten.
If you want to safeguard against this, it is only one solution: Turn off Siri function.
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