Early hours of this morning (about 1:30am in the UK), Gizmodo tweeted a link to an article about an iOS 8 lockscreen bypass using Siri.
The article had already been updated to say it may just be Touch ID working really fast.
I replied to the tweet to say it should be deleted, and looks like both tweet and article have been deleted.
This will probably start doing the rounds soon, so figured I'd try to pre-empt the spread of mis-info..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzW_d5Q0vg
Claims that activating Siri from the lockscreen whilst charging, using the "Hey Siri" command, allows you to bypass the lockscreen/passcode.
It's wrong.
What's happening is - Siri reads your fingerprint on Touch ID whether it's when you activated Siri, or afterwards. It does this, I assume, to save you having to unlock your iPhone for any command that Siri needs you to unlock.
When you're dismissing Siri by pressing the home button, it's reading your fingerprint and then allowing the phone to be unlocked.
I commented on the YouTube video to point this out, and suggested the poster removed the thumb from Touch ID settings and tries this bypass again, betting they'd have a 100% fail rate.
They've since disabled comments.
I hate this sort of misinformation
Kudos to Gizmodo for pulling the tweet and article before it spread, but crappy of the YouTuber to keep their video up, disable comments, and not amend their description or anything, which will result in this eventually spreading.
Their twitter account claims it works with Touch ID disabled, but I certainly can't re-produce the bypass.
If anyone else can re-produce without Touch ID, fair enough, I'll let it slide, but I've been unsuccessful so far.
The article had already been updated to say it may just be Touch ID working really fast.
I replied to the tweet to say it should be deleted, and looks like both tweet and article have been deleted.
This will probably start doing the rounds soon, so figured I'd try to pre-empt the spread of mis-info..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzW_d5Q0vg
Claims that activating Siri from the lockscreen whilst charging, using the "Hey Siri" command, allows you to bypass the lockscreen/passcode.
It's wrong.
What's happening is - Siri reads your fingerprint on Touch ID whether it's when you activated Siri, or afterwards. It does this, I assume, to save you having to unlock your iPhone for any command that Siri needs you to unlock.
When you're dismissing Siri by pressing the home button, it's reading your fingerprint and then allowing the phone to be unlocked.
I commented on the YouTube video to point this out, and suggested the poster removed the thumb from Touch ID settings and tries this bypass again, betting they'd have a 100% fail rate.
They've since disabled comments.
I hate this sort of misinformation
Kudos to Gizmodo for pulling the tweet and article before it spread, but crappy of the YouTuber to keep their video up, disable comments, and not amend their description or anything, which will result in this eventually spreading.
Their twitter account claims it works with Touch ID disabled, but I certainly can't re-produce the bypass.
If anyone else can re-produce without Touch ID, fair enough, I'll let it slide, but I've been unsuccessful so far.