One of the most appealing features of the new iPhone 4S is the Siri functionality included in the device, which allows users to input lots of cool voice commands. Sadly, there's a downside to the Siri that might leave your iPhone 4S exposed.
Apple ultimately decided to resolve these six-year-old court proceedings and agreed to pay $15 to each impacted iPhone 4s holder.
The Verge: All devices from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone X are impacted.
Fair play to them. On the ethical hacker side of things I would use the hack as leverage against Apple to continue to support their equipment. As they just dropped support for their iPad mini2’s etc. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with them, they work perfectly fine but are now blocked from receiving security updates etc. So the consumer is forced to purchase a new product that does the exact same thing.
Apple is on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit from disgruntled iPhone 4s owners. The suit, filed by Chaim Lerman and more than 100 others, alleges Apple's iOS 9 update severely degraded the smartphone's performance both in terms of third-party apps and core functionality.
Oh dear.
Interesting exploit. Sure there will be an update soon though.
OMG, this seems to be a siri-ous problem.
Good thing I have Android.
I guard my phone like it's my child. Nobody gets their hands on it besides me. Not worried about this in the least.
If someone you don't know has your iphone (or any other smartphone), you have bigger problems than having your appointments viewed or changed...