Comments on: Another iPhone bug?

Security conscious 12-year-old discovers new security hole in iPhone that allows people to see incoming text messages even when the passcode lock is enabled.

[renGek]

I'm more disturbed that a 12 year old has a girlfriend. Is her last name palin?

I certainly hope that when they say girlfriend its just a friend but then again how many 12 year old boys want to hang around with girls.

[liveinreality]

This is not some brilliant "new" discovery by a 12-year old. This problem was reported by multiple sources less than 1 day after software release 2.1 came out.

[dexter_birdbrain]

As jtaylor475 and tipoo_ have clearly pointed out, the more serious "security flaw" is the fact that a 12 yr old kid has a girlfriend and an iPhone and a Dad who approves of his boy wonder's liaisons...!

Its really not a big deal if once in a while CNET lets out a supposedly scandalous article like this one, but to title it like that (Another iPhone bug) is putting poor Apple shareholders into trouble....

[sonymaster101]

Just the beginning of a long list of security vulnerabilities that will eventually be discovered. if there is a will, there is a way, and hackers will eventually pry their way into OSX- both desktop and iPhone- and make it as much of a target for data theft and attacks as windows has become. In the beginning, (the early 1990s) a windows user could never have conceived of viruses affecting machines like they do today. Today, Apple users are the equivalent of that same group of PC users. And if Karl's son is that concerned about his parents intercepting his messages, he shouldn't be texting. If he feels what is being sent needs to be hidden, then it probably is something his parents should and ought to be concerned about. You know what would be fun is if he found a way in and changed the password.

[santihossni]

The whole point of an emergency mode is to see every message, every call, because you need to. Apple should not change that at all... and anyways, in Argentina, my iPhone 3G (or any phone, for that matter) will not place or receive any calls on emergency mode.