With iOS 7 officially rolled out for Apple devices, users of the latest mobile operating system might have encountered a way to bypass the lockscreen.
According to Forbes, a Spanish man found a way to bypass the lockscreen in seconds on the new iOS 7.
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From the Canary Islands, Jose Rodriguez managed to bypass the lockscreen and was able to access email, photos, social media, and more. Rodriguez share the method on a YouTube video.
The bypass takes place by utilizing the new Control Center, then open the alarm clock. The iPhone user should then hold the sleep button and tap "cancel" when the option to power it off shows. The iPhone owner, or intruder, can then double click on the home button to enter the device's multitasking screen.
It is unknown if the Control Center bypass method works on the iPhone 5c or iPhone 5s, which was released across 12 countries on Sept. 20.
Forbes' Andy Greenberg reported, "A spokesperson from Apple tells me that the company 'takes security very seriously and we're aware of this issue. We'll deliver a fix in a future software update.'"
The glitch is not a new discovery as it was spotted, coincidentally enough by Rodriguez, when iOS 7 was in its beta stages in June.
Latinos Post reported at the time how Rodriguez was able to bypass the lockscreen by opening the iOS Control Room and accessing the smartphone's calculator app before going into the iPhone's camera. The bypass also allowed the user to delete, upload, and more, despite not inserting the passcode.
The lockscreen bypass is the latest iOS 7 problem iPhone owners have spotted along with the iMessage and FaceTime activation issue.
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