New Delhi: Few Apple enthusiasts have discovered a lockscreen bug that allows users to bypass the passcode on any iOS device and gain access to the Photos app and subsequently to the user's email and social networking accounts.
The bug is simple. All you need to do is go to the emergency call screen of a passcode-locked iPhone on iOS 7, dial a number, and hit the green "call" button repeatedly. Eventually the virtual button appears to get "stuck" and the phone crashes to the white Apple logo on a black screen — but the call itself actually goes through.
Importantly, this requires physical access to an iPhone, but it doesn't provide access to data on the device itself. But anything that allows someone to bypass a user's lockscreen without permission is clearly unacceptable. It is believed that Apple will address the problem with the first update to iOS 7.
