Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple's new mobile operating system, less than 24 hours after its launch.
One flaw concerns a user's ability to recover their data if a device has been stolen.
The much vaunted "Find my iPhone" feature can be disabled by a thief simply by putting the iPhone or iPad into airplane mode, preventing the device from communicating. In iOS7 this can be done even when the phone is Locked with a passcode, as the voice-activated assistant Siri can be instructed to carry out the task.
The other flaw is potentially even more serious, allowing users' email and social networking accounts to be hijacked even when the user has
locked and password, protected their phone.
Apple has said it takes security "very seriously" and will issue a fix in a future software update.
Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple's new mobile operating system, less than 24 hours after its launch.
One flaw concerns a user's ability to recover their data if a device has been stolen.
The much vaunted "Find my iPhone" feature can be disabled by a thief simply by putting the iPhone or iPad into airplane mode, preventing the device from communicating. In iOS7 this can be done even when the phone is Locked with a passcode, as the voice-activated assistant Siri can be instructed to carry out the task.
The other flaw is potentially even more serious, allowing users' email and social networking accounts to be hijacked even when the user has
locked and password, protected their phone.
Apple has said it takes security "very seriously" and will issue a fix in a future software update.
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