{"id":382,"date":"2008-08-29T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:49:08","slug":"apple-vows-to-fix-iphone-passcode-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-vows-to-fix-iphone-passcode-flaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Vows to Fix iPhone Passcode Flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Macworld is reporting<\/a> that Apple – in a rare announcement – has said that they will fix the passcode flaw in the iPhone, which we reported on this week<\/a>. An Apple representative is quoted as having told Macworld, \u201cThe minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update which will be released in September.” Meanwhile, Macworld offers a temporary workaround: “you can set the iPhone so that double-clicking the home button will take the user directly to the home screen, which if\u00a0password protection is turned on, will be the unlock screen.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macworld is reporting that Apple – in a rare announcement – has said that they will fix the passcode flaw in the iPhone, which we reported on this week. An Apple representative is quoted as having told Macworld, \u201cThe minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update which will […]<\/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-382","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