This isn't a design flaw -- Apple expects you to use Siri to respond
to texts, calls, etc., without unlocking the device, possibly while
driving; cf. the recent commercial of a jogging man asking Siri, "Read
me that last text."  To bury this feature would probably make it
inaccessible to a large swath of device users.

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
> In general you need a valid account to access your email.  As MBS indicated
> it may be a local issue with something not honoring the account settings we
> don't actually know until a few of the repetitive folks do some testing.
> The rest is Statler and Waldorf in the balcony pointing fingers about a
> setting you don't like.  We diabled ActiveSync on account creation.  It
> doesn't seem to be an issue as it was an access question we considered
> during our planning.  Just like disabling POP and IMAP access by default as
> well.  (We do have a few appliciton accounts (Oracle) that need IMAP access
> so it's enabled.
>
> Steven
>
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, remember a mess of things like this from Microsoft years ago.  It's a
>> design flaw if you can't change the behavior.  Otherwise it's a user
>> configurable setting.  It's #1 a consumer device, we may be shoehorning apps
>> which access the enterprise onto it.  It's still a consumer device.
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:10 PM, James Hill <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> What kind of good security design has “less security” as the default?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It’s a security design flaw, simple as that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 November 2011 1:30 PM
>>>
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: Re: Stupid iPhone 4S Security Loophole
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Fine disagree. It is a huge stretch to call something a design flaw if a
>>> setting can be changed by the user. Not your first, though.
>>>
>>> On Friday, November 11, 2011, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > 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
>>> >>>>>

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