Adrian0E Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 What the flaw allows: As you can see in our video above, a Smart Cover can essentially unlock an iPad 2. The person who unlocks your iPad 2 will not have complete access to your iPad, but will be able to gain entrance to whatever you locked your iPad 2 on. If your iPad 2 went to sleep in Mail, Safari, Messages, Contacts, or Maps, you can imagine the sorts of personal information that can be viewed on your iPad. If you left your iPad 2 on its Home screen, the person can view which applications you have on your device, control media from the multitasking bar, but not much else. How to re-create it: 1) Lock a password protected iPad 2 2) Hold down power button until iPad 2 reaches turn off slider 3) Close Smart Cover 4) Open Smart Cover 5) Click cancel on the bottom of the screen Temporary solution is after the break: We have discovered that you can temporarily fix this bug by disabling Smart Cover unlocking in the iPad 2 settings menu under the General tab. Source & Video: 9to5mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nominak Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Oh. My God.. Anyone who uses your ipad... can just slide to unlock it.. holy security flaw.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoe Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Anyone with a smart cover.... or item which is capable of covering the proximity/light sensor. Any item at all really. Your finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Marto Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Anyone with a smart cover.... or item which is capable of covering the proximity/light sensor. Any item at all really. Your finger. i thought the smart covers worked with some sort of magnet system? not sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-Psycho-_ Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 i thought the smart covers worked with some sort of magnet system? not sure though. They do ;) They lock when the magnets reach the right side of the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebor Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 They do ;) They lock when the magnets reach the right side of the device. Yeah so its really anyone with a magnet, or in most cases these day a mobile phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Wow. If this is the case, that's quite the flaw... :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Wow. If this is the case, that's quite the flaw... :-\ If someone gains physical access to your iPad, they're probably just going to steal it. Then, they'll have complete access. So... perhaps the flaw is leaving your iPad sitting around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Neat trick! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealFduch Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 It's fun how my comment (that described the wrong implications of nominak) was censored away, while his comment is still here. Is this be because we are in the iPhone section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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