Another Bug Allows Hackers to Bypass Apple's iOS Activation Lock on iPhone/iPad

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A new bug is allowing unauthorized persons to access iPhone and iPads if they follow a certain procedure that doesn’t sound too complicated.

Some of you have probably read about a bug that would allow someone to bypass Apple’s iOS Activation Lock feature on the iPad and iPhones running iOS 10.

Ironically, using the Find My iPhone service, which allows users to activate Lost Mode on their iOS devices if the device is lost or stolen, makes it easier for someone with knowledge of the matter to bypass that Activation Lock feature that Apple has put in place on its iOS devices.

When a locked device is started, users are usually prompted to connect to a Wi-Fi network, but if you select the “Other Network” and enter a very long string of characters in the username and password fields, you can basically crash the OS, th… (read more)

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