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Inexcusable, really.

Aug 27, 08 - 12:20 pm Comment from: Wandering joe

a workaround to fix the flaw reintroduced by the patch that broke the original patch that fixed the flaw. hmmmmm, sounds familiar...
couldn't help myself, sorry

@ Captain Obvious

"Inexcusable" is a bit of hyperbole don't you think?

Phones have a (rather unusual and atypical) hardware requirement to always be able to be used for an emergency call irrespective of the security state of the system that makes the call. That's like having a "secure" computer that somehow also lets you log on and do your email without giving you access to the system itself. This is not a trivial thing to design.

I think it's more than understandable that Apple has made this minor mistake in that regard. It is a mistake, and I am not defending it, but it's hardly "inexcusable," not is it malicious or really that surprising.

Aug 27, 08 - 12:29 pm Comment from: Randian

Perfection, damn it! I DEMAND PERFECTION FROM EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING! (Thank Gawd I'm not on the International Space Station right now with my trusty, but infected, PC laptop. huh?)

Aug 27, 08 - 12:42 pm Comment from: Fanboy

I'm very happy about the flaw. It allows me the best of both worlds. Once again Apple design triumphs. I can set my security code that will stop most people, but leave my phone set up so that I can quickly get back in without being forced to recall and enter that stupid pass code.

This works quite well for me.

No one does it better than Apple!

In order for this to occur you have to set "favorites" as the default action for the double click. If you have either of the other 2 actions set it doesn't work

I've got the double-tap set to open my iPod and sure enough that's what opens when I follow the instructions.

Speaking of the passcode, I don't see why we can't use alphanumeric passwords. It's like Apple was still in iPod-mode and forgot about the touch keyboard that can appear whenever we need it.

Does anyone really care? I have never used password protect because I don't have anything important on my phone and if I did I wouldn't let anyone else use it.

"Does anyone really care?"

Yes.

What I want is Bluetooth syncing!

Aug 27, 08 - 03:52 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

@ Jeremy,

No, this was inexcusable.

Apple has exactly TWO devices to test.

This was a KNOWN security flaw that had earlier been corrected, and all it takes to verify they broke it, was to double tap the home key.

Sorry, but there's only ONE button on the front of the iPhone, and QA is falling on its face.

Aug 27, 08 - 06:43 pm Comment from: Sogni X

I honestly like this "flaw" and wish it would show an emergency contacts list.

All it does is show your address book - or your iPod app (depending on what you programmed the double-click home button to).

I like using the password lock, but am always worried that if I ever have an accident and am unconscious (I ride motorcycles so that's always on my mind) - I would want someone to be able to access my contacts list and get a hold of someone who knows me.

But then again the chances of the iPhone surviving such a crash is very small.

Aug 27, 08 - 06:49 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

My double click is set to open iPod.

I guess that makes me safe.

You can solve this problem by setting a list of such phone numbers as your background. Just go into Word (or another word processor, if you like), type up the numbers, and take a screenshot. Obviously, you can even have another image within Word as a background and put your numbers in a text box.

This way, if you lose your phone and somebody finds it, they won't be able to steal it, but they'll know whom to call.