I disagree. The reason I think it's a design flaw, IMO, is that settings with security implications should be set to the more secure setting by default. I suppose you could get all airy about it and say that their approach to design is flawed - that is, Apple seem to be in favor of ever feature turned on out of the box so that users are fooled into believing they don't have to make decisions.
The basic stance should be: Turn off almost everything by default, and let the user choose to turn on what they want afterward. Microsoft is learning this lesson. Apple hasn't yet. OpenBSD has mastered this lesson, and FreeBSD pretty much has it down pat, too. I will say that I think that this particular issue isn't of Earth-shattering proportions, but it seems to be in line with Apple's general outlook... Kurt On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 15:56, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > No. It is user configurable. > At worst, Apple didn't disclose the security implications. Since it is a > consumer device I am unsurprised. > On Friday, November 11, 2011, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> that's not a bug, that's a design flaw. >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 14:40, Micheal Espinola Jr >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ah, but that's not a bug - its a feature. >>> >>> -- >>> Espi >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Stu Sjouwerman >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> You may have missed this, but there is a hole in Siri, the much-touted >>>> iPhone 4S personal assistant. The default setting for the new A.I. is >>>> "On", which means that even when a user's phone is locked, anyone >>>> could pick it up, hold down the home button and tell Siri to send >>>> texts and emails. OUCH! >>>> >>>> There's an easy fix though, if you don't want Siri to work when the >>>> phone is locked, simply change the default setting from "Allow access >>>> to Siri when locked with a passcode" to "Off." Just make sure it's done. >>>> >>>> Warm regards, >>>> Stu >>>> >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> or send an email to [email protected] >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
