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Another iPhone security bug is related to Emergency Call
Infinite Loop —
... was discovered, letting that person gain access to several iPhone features as well some contact information via the Emergency Call screen. This exploit was fixed in iPhone OS 2.1, but a programmer's 12-year-old son has discovered another small security hole in the Emergency Call feature. One of the things you can do to secure your iPhone is to disable SMS message previews, so when you receive a text message, you'll simply see a generic "New Text Message" indication. However, if the iPhone is on the Emergency Call screen, the regular preview is shown, revealing the ...
Yet another iPhone security bug
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Security, iPhoneJust when you thought your iPhone was more secure than ever, you might want to think again. Programmer Karl Kraft's 12-year-old son was the one to uncover the security risk of the iPhone displaying text messages while in emergency call mode. With the iPhone locked with a passcode and text message previews disabled, you can still see an incoming text message while you are in the emergency call mode. The iPhone should just show the generic "New Text Message" preview, but instead ...
Another iPhone Security Hole in Password-Protected Mode [Iphone Security Flaw]
Gizmodo —
... mode, there's an option to disable SMS preview, so if someone picks up your locked phone, they can't see incoming text messages. However, if you activate a locked phone's emergency call mode, and it receives a text message, it'll show you the full text in preview. And yes, this is with 2.1. Again, a sorta minor security oversight, but if you're super-secret about your texts (for whatever reasons), this is definitely a problem and needs to be fixed in the next update. [Karl Kraft via ...
iPhone SMS Privacy Flaw Discovered
iPhone Atlas —
... The unnamed boy, son of blogger Karl Kraft, turns on the passcode lock and disables SMS Preview in order to prevent his parents from seeing any messages, Kraft wrote on his blog. ...
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