Like any just-released operating system, iOS 7 has bugs. But, you know, Apple, so everyone’s poring over iOS 7s glitches like armchair forensic experts. Not that some of these issues aren’t noteworthy, and it helps no one to downplay a security bug that, for instance, lets you access and/or transmit someone’s private photos and videos, or make phone calls to anyone in the world without entering a passcode.
Still, the list of goofs is relatively short. Here’s the lineup so far:
Bypass iOS 7s Lock Screen
The first wave-making issues surfaced within 24 hours of iOS 7s launch a series of unlikely gestures that’ll get you past iOS 7s Lock Screen and into the multitasking app view. The good news: most apps can’t be launched and appear as unresponsive translucent gray rectangles. The bad news: you can access the camera app and rifle through all of the device’s photos and videos, viewing, printing, deleting or forwarding them on via email, AirPlay, SMS, Twitter, Facebook, iCloud, Flickr, YouTube or Vimeo to whomever you like.
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