Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple's new
mobile operating system, less than 24 hours after its launch.
One flaw concerns a user's ability to recover their data if a
device has been stolen. The much-vaunted "Find my iPhone"
feature can be disabled be a thief simply by putting the iPhone
or iPad into airplane mode, preventing the device from
communicating.
In iOS7 this can be done even when the phone is locked with a
passcode, as the voice-activated assistant Siri can be
instructed to carry out the task.
The other flaw is potentially even more serious - allowing
users' email and social networking accounts to be hijacked even
when the user has locked and password-protected their phone,
In this video the BBC's North America technology correspondent
Richard Taylor explains the security glitch and a way to prevent
it.
Apple has said it takes security "very seriously" and will issue
a fix in a future software update.
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