Monday, 21 April 2014

iOS 7 bug reportedly allows Find My iPhone to be disabled without password

Now you do not have to get worried even if your phone gets stolen. But in this case you need to be using iOS smartphone as it would help you to get a security feature that requires people to enter password of their Apple ID.

This step to disable the password before disabling Find My iPhone helps a lot in securing your phone so that nobody can steal it. But it has come to report that it is very easy for a user to circumvent. This is possible when one goes to the site step by step and then disable it with the help of Find My iPhone and then try to delete an iCloud account.

It seems that the whole process is very simple as it just needs a good access the settings of the phone menu. One needs to go to iCloud settings once they are in and then try to disable Find My iPhone simultaneously by tapping, ‘delete account.’ One needs to reboot the devices when it asks for your password and then try to repeat the process and then remove the account. So this means that someone can create a new account if they have access to your phone and it would not be possible to track it by any means.

Apple would try to patch the iOS7 bug very soon by highlighting the importance of including a passcode on your phone. So this would be applicable in case you have got an iPhone 5s with the use of TouchID sensor that helps in unlocking the phone. So everyone should be very cautious for these basic security measures. In order to provide a fix for SSL connection verification, Apple released iOS version 7.0.6 as a patch where the bug was removed that possibly left email as well as other encrypted communication open to hacking in case the user was using an unsecured Wi Fi network.

Nokia suspends Lumia 2520 tablet sales in Europe due to faulty charger

News has come that Nokia has suspended all the sales of Lumia 2520 tablets after finding a fault in its charger units. This has taken effect in some European countries on Thursday as it could pose a threat of electric shock. According to report, it has been found that due to an internal quality control process that have been identified by a potential product with quality issue has led to a safety concern for most of the ac 300 charger units that have been manufactured by a third party.

It was found that there is a plastic cover of the exchangeable plug of the charger and under certain conditions it might become loose and separate as well. It also has the risk of the exchangeable plug that could come loose and separate as well thereby letting the chances of exposing certain internal components.

This could result to an electric shock when the plug remains in a socket if one touches it. So, for this, the company warned the consumers in Germany, Denmark, Austria, UK, Finland and Switzerland to avoid using the charger until further notice. It was also asked by the company to avoid using Lumia 2520 accessory travel charger as well.

It has been found that the warning applies to more than 30,000 chargers that included 600 accessory travel chargers that were sold in the United States. It was also confirmed by the company that they have not received any sort of incidents from the consumers due to their use. It can be mentioned that the Lumia 2520 tablet happened to be the latest product of Nokia that made good profits by selling in the market due to the huge response by the customers. So, let us wait to get more updates for which you need to check this space daily!