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Title: Reading List: Inactivation lock, iAds for the masses, a penny earned Post by: HCK on April 06, 2014, 02:00:18 pm Reading List: Inactivation lock, iAds for the masses, a penny earned
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Sometimes smaller stories slip through the cracks; this Thursday, we’re here to catch them with a feature we call Reading List.</p><p><strong>iOS 7 bug allows anyone to disable Find My iPhone and bypass Activation Lock without a password</strong> (http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/03/ios-7-bug-allows-anyone-to-disable-find-my-iphone-and-bypass-activation-lock-without-a-password/)</p><p>The Activation Lock feature introduced with iOS 7, which prevents an iOS device from being activated without the relevant iCloud login, can apparently be bypassed with a little fleet-fingered work. (This is reminiscent of some of the passcode lock bugs we saw with earlier versions of iOS 7 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2049702/ios-7-0-2-fixes-passcode-bypass-bugs.html).) However, having a passcode enabled will thwart most people trying this one, so it’s not yet time to panic in the streets.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2139283/reading-list-inactivation-lock-iads-for-the-masses-a-penny-earned.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Reading List: Inactivation lock, iAds for the masses, a penny earned (http://www.macworld.com/article/2139283/reading-list-inactivation-lock-iads-for-the-masses-a-penny-earned.html#tk.rss_all) |