Siri lets anyone use a locked iPhone 4S

Post by biot » Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 7:15 PM UTC

  > In a default setting, Siri let's [sic] a complete stranger see
  > your calendar on your passcode locked iPhone 4S, as well as get
  > contact information, make a call and send texts and e-mails.

Post by cmer » Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 7:37 PM UTC

Post by cschneid » Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 7:43 PM UTC

cmer wrote: post #4

Siri would be pretty annoying and useless if it required unlocking the phone to use it. If it's actually a bug, I sure hope they don't fix it, or at least make the "correct" behavior optional.

Post by qx24b » Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 7:53 PM UTC

cschneid wrote: post #6

cmer wrote: post #4

Siri would be pretty annoying and useless if it required unlocking the phone to use it. If it's actually a bug, I sure hope they don't fix it, or at least make the "correct" behavior optional.

There's a flag in settings to allow/disallow siri while locked.

Post by evan_ » Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 7:57 PM UTC

tobylane wrote: post #7

evan_ wrote: post #5

> It's pretty surprising that Apple has the default > set to be able to use Siri without unlocking the device. Siri is turned off by default, so this is actually a pretty misleading thing to say.

I just knew that if the first you hear of something like this is from the mainstream press, then it's just a few less-than-bright friends of a journalist made the same setting change.