{"id":373,"date":"2008-08-27T11:58:37","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T10:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:17:34","slug":"do-you-think-your-iphone-password-is-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/do-you-think-your-iphone-password-is-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Think Your iPhone Password is Secure?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s not. As The Register reports<\/a>, “press of the “Emergency Call” key from the passcode entry screen, followed by a double-tap on the home button. That takes the miscreant into favourites, from which they can access the address book, from which they can get into the e-mail client (by tapping a contact’s e-mail address) or the browser (by tapping a URL).”<\/p>\n

I’d expect better protection on a device that can carry sensitive personal information, such as contacts, e-mail and more. Note that the iPod touch is better protected, since there is no emergency call key; the only option you have from the passcode screen is to enter the passcode.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: More info and details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s not. As The Register reports, “press of the “Emergency Call” key from the passcode entry screen, followed by a double-tap on the home button. That takes the miscreant into favourites, from which they can access the address book, from which they can get into the e-mail client (by tapping a contact’s e-mail address) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-apple","category-security-privacy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t