Remember that you can always boot in safe mode (by keeping the home key
pressed during boot.) In safe mode, none of the user installed apps will be
enabled/launched.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Yes you'll have to reboot your phone.  This isn't a serious security
> issue
> > (no access to private data or otherwise elevated permissions), but is
> > definitely something we don't want applications to be able to do.
>
> Well, it can be a Denial of Service attack, basically preventing the
> user from using their phone while it's rebooting (if they even think
> of doing that).
>
> I think it's fairly serious, certainly worth backporting a fix.
>
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