Security glitch found with iPhone - thief will run up your bill

[Apple!Fre@k]

Looks like a passcode ain't going to stop a thief from running up your bill. Aparently I just discovered that if you have a passcode on your iPhone, like I do, and you click the Emergency Call tab before entering your passcode you can dial any number you'd like, not just emergency 911. I hope Apple patches this.

 

[LoganT]

Looks like a passcode ain't going to stop a thief from running up your bill. Aparently I just discovered that if you have a passcode on your iPhone, like I do, and you click the Emergency Call tab before entering your passcode you can dial any number you'd like, not just emergency 911. I hope Apple patches this.

Well that's kind of the point. An Emergency Call isn't just for calling 911 it's for calling loved ones when you are about to be executed.

 

[joelcsf]

Friend of mine just pointed me towards this site.

I literally just posted about this on the Apple discussion forums...

I hope Apple react to these concerns instead of telling us we're doing something wrong.

 

[Furgster]

wow, too bad i cant find these glitches because the damn thing wont activate!

😡 😡 😡 😡

 

[apfhex]

Well that's kind of the point.

Exactly. How is this behavior different from any other phone on the market? You can make emergency calls without a SIM in the phone too, though my understanding is that only emergency numbers (911, etc) are allowed. If you enter any number you like, does the call actually go through? I don't know if that would be a bug or not though.

 

[joelcsf]

If you enter any number you like, does the call actually go through? I don't know if that would be a bug or not though.

The call does connect, yes. I called my gf in "emergency mode"! This defo seems like a bug to me.

 

[72930]

The call does connect, yes. I called my gf in "emergency mode"! This defo seems like a bug to me.

Maybe you only get a limited amount of 'Emergency calls' before it resets when you connect it to your computer...

 

[xUKHCx]

Exactly. How is this behavior different from any other phone on the market? You can make emergency calls without a SIM in the phone too, though my understanding is that only emergency numbers (911, etc) are allowed. If you enter any number you like, does the call actually go through? I don't know if that would be a bug or not though.

While the sim lock on my phone is active i can only call 999, 112, or 911