IOS 7 Lockscreen Bug Allows Anyone to Sidestep Passcode, Access Photos/Email

From DailyTech: Apple just released its latest operating system yesterday -- iOS 7 -- and as expected with new releases, users are finding bugs. The most recent find allows anyone to bypass an iPhone user's lockscreen and access their photos, Twitter, email and more.

According to Forbes, Jose Rodriguez -- a 36-year-old soldier from Spain’s Canary Islands -- found the lockscreen vulnerability in his free time. He is known for finding lockscreen security flaws in previous versions of iOS as well.

The lockscreen flaw in iOS 7 allows someone to bypass the passcode screen entirely by swiping up to access the "Control Center," and opening the alarm clock. They then hold the phone's sleep button down -- which offers the option to power it off -- but instead, they hit "cancel" and double click the home button to access the multitasking screen.

From there, it's free access to the iPhone's camera and photos, as well as options to share them through Twitter, Facebook and email.

It's not clear if this is a problem with the iPhone 5S or 5C yet, but it's been a proven issue in the iPhone 4 and 5 as well as the iPad.

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