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New Bug In The iOS Lets Anyone Access Your Phone Book. This Is Terrible

by Gautam Batra
Nov 2, 2018
in Technology
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New Bug In The iOS Lets Anyone Access Your Phone Book. This Is Terrible

iOS vs Android is a huge social debate and the recent developments regarding the iOS platform can leave the iPhone users highly embarrassed. A bug in the latest iOS update i.e. 12.1 has been reported and if you have installed it, you are highly vulnerable to a security issue.

New Bug In The iOS Lets Anyone Access Your Phone Book. This Is Terrible - RVCJ Media

Reportedly, the said bug lets anyone access the contact book of iPhone users who have installed iOS 12.1 update. The vulnerability can even bypass the Face Unlock feature.

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New Bug In The iOS Lets Anyone Access Your Phone Book. This Is Terrible - RVCJ Media

Here’s how it works:

1. Say, Hi Siri
2. Call another iPhone user
3. Tap the Face Time option once the person picks the call
4. Without cutting the call, activate the Airplane mode
5. Now tap the Add Person option and Bang! You can access the contact list right here.

New Bug In The iOS Lets Anyone Access Your Phone Book. This Is Terrible - RVCJ Media

The biggest issue is that users can’t rollback the issue until a new update with the fix gets launched. Here’s how Twitterati is reacting to the situation.

#1

Kernel exploit? Blobs? Jailbreak for future iOS 12.1.2 confirmed! *off to post*

— Dawf (@the_dawf) May 20, 2017

#2

Though not so worrying, these things are compromising. @Apple should make more efforts in this direction, because otherwise all the words in the direction of the protection of personal data from them don't matter. It's a pity!

— Dimm (@thisisdimm) November 1, 2018

#3

https://twitter.com/EsotericQuality/status/1057920154623913984

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#4

With Apple bricking Apple watches, their updates haven't been great.

— Karl SMA (@xaviercross1971) November 1, 2018

We hope Apple comes with a fix soon.

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