Oops! Major security hole found in iPhone

Gizmodo has unearthed a security flaw in the iPhone OS and boy is it a doozy. According to the post it’s simple to access a locked iPhone’s address book, Mail, SMS, Contacts, and Safari.

The vulnerability works like this on a password protected and locked iPhone:

• Then slide to unlock
• Tap emergency call
• Double tap the home button
• This give you access to the iPhone’s favorites, the Address Book, the dial keypad and your voice mail. And it gets worse.

Tapping on the blue arrows next to the names gives you full access to the information in a favorite. Tapping an email address gives you access to the Mail application. Tapping a URL in a contact provides full access to Safari. Tapping send text message gives access to all your SMS’.

Um, this is bad. Especially when the phone is supposed to be locked. Apple, let’s get iPhone 2.0.3 out the door ASAP, m’kay?

Thanks for the guys over at Zdnet for this note!

File syncing files onto the iPhone can be an issue if you are not a member of the cloud. Apples new on-line syncing system. Unlike many other cell phones that offer a connected sync like the Blackberry or the Trio using a USB cable.

It is not clear why Apple did not include this within the iTunes sync process where you can sync email, contacts, calendars, notes, music, photos, etc. They could have included a sync folder that is located on your local computer where you could store items that you wish to sync to your iPhone.

FileMagnet to the rescue! Magnetism' s answer to file syncing. Available through the iTunes App store, FileMagnet is easy to use. But there is a catch. The computer you wish to sync files from must be connected to a Wifi network or have an internal Wifi card. Most of the Mac's come with built-in Wifi.

To use FileMagnet you must visit Magnetism site and download the uploader application. BTW- the uploader is not available for Windows.

Next login to iTunes and navigate to the App store. Do a search on FileMagnet and purchase. Once you have the app loaded on your iPhone you simply launch it. If your local computer has Wifi turned on the application will automatically find it.

To upload (transfer) files you launch the uploader app on your local computer. The User Interface is fairly simple. You simply drag the files you wish to upload to your iPhone to uploader.

Back on the iPhone to view your files, simple touch on the FileMagnet icon and it will open with your uploaded files.

Here's a tip: Currently there is no way to move files on the iPhone into separate folders. So create two empty folders and place them on your desktop. Label one Files and the other Photos. Copy your files to files and photos to photos respectively. Then drag your files and photos folder onto the app uploader. The program will copy all the files in each folder including the folder to your iPhone.

GrandDialer Brings GrandCentral to Your iPhone

If you are lucky to have a Grand Central telephone number this is a gem of a little app. This is what the guys over at Lifehacker have to say.

The iPhone has arrived and will probably be herald as one of the most remarkable technology advances since Alexander Gram Bell introduced the telephone over 100 years ago. Being a Mac fan now for a little over a year I can appreciate both the beauty and the simplicity of the device. I did not always think this way.

In 1990 I purchased my first cell phone. It was big and bulky and weighed about 5 pounds. I thought at the time this is pretty sleek. My oh my how the times have changed my thinking!

Not only is the iPhone a fully functional micro Mac of sorts by utilizing the same operating system that my laptop does, its elegant simplicity makes you must want to set it on your desk as a beautiful piece of art.

Functionally the iPhone gives everyone who uses the device more then just a cell phone. A 2 megapixel camera, portable music and entertainment center, web browser, GPS and maps, what more could you ask.