Don Reisinger reports: Some sleight of hand will allow iOS 6.1 hackers to access your phone application, listen to your voice mails, and place calls. A YouTube video showing users how to “bypass iPhone 5 passcode” on Apple’s latest iOS releases, including iOS 6.1, has been published. The person who uploaded the video shows how anyone can access the…
Category: Breaches
Google Play privacy breach (updated with Google’s response)
Dan Nolan writes: About a month ago I put my money where my mouth was and built a version of the Paul Keating insult generator for Android (after the iOS version hit number 1 in the Australian App Store [tell your friends]). We sold a few hundred copies on Android in the last month, so…
Flickr Admits To A Bug That Made Private Photos Public
Taylor Hatmaker writes: If you’re a Flickr user, you may want to dig through that bulk inbox for an important heads-up from the photo sharing site. Reports have emerged that between Jan. 18 and Feb. 7, a portion of Flickr users’ private photos were made public due to a software bug discovered during routine maintenance. While the photos wouldn’t have…
Elite Dalton School Breaches Privacy—And Gets Away With It
Stephanie Smith reports: Wealthy parents are fuming after the uber-exclusive Dalton School sent out an e-mail naming dozens of kids rejected by the school. Dalton — whose alumni include Anderson Cooper, Chevy Chase, Sean Lennon and Claire Danes — is known for its fiercely competitive admissions process as presided over by the admissions director, Elizabeth…