{"id":13655,"date":"2011-10-26T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T12:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=13655"},"modified":"2024-01-09T07:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:04:22","slug":"bypass-ipad-password-in-5-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/10\/bypass-ipad-password-in-5-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bypass iPad password in 5 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"361\" data-attachment-id=\"13657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/10\/bypass-ipad-password-in-5-seconds\/ipadsecurity1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?fit=779%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"779,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ipadsecurity1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?fit=602%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?resize=779%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13657\" title=\"ipadsecurity1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?w=779&amp;ssl=1 779w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?resize=602%2C278&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity1.png?resize=180%2C83&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All that you hold dear is usually transferred immediately to the closest mobile device, so it only makes sense that you&#8217;d want to password protect it, right? Well, the iPad 2 password can be bypassed in about 5 seconds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Consumerization 101: How to bypass the iPad password in 5 seconds\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZPHDm88-HAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s pretty easy. Just press and hold the power\/lock button to shut down. You will be presented with the slide to power off screen. Close the magnetic lid, which acts similar to the lock button, but (obviously) doesn&#8217;t affect the shut down sequence. Open the lid to activate the screen and hit &#8216;Cancel&#8217; on the shut down screen. BLAMMO! You&#8217;re in. &nbsp;Ray and Michael put it best:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"104\" data-attachment-id=\"13658\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/10\/bypass-ipad-password-in-5-seconds\/ipadsecurity\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png?fit=396%2C104&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"396,104\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ipadsecurity\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png?fit=396%2C104&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png?resize=396%2C104&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13658\" title=\"ipadsecurity\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png?w=396&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png?resize=300%2C78&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ipadsecurity.png?resize=180%2C47&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of a big screw-up, but no one knew until it came to light. Hopefully Apple patches this quickly. According to Reddit user <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/technology\/comments\/logzf\/how_to_bypass_the_ipad_2_password_in_five_seconds\/c2ublxv\">Ninjapants<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is real and a very huge deal. I work with iPads and did some testing and here is what I&#8217;ve found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This works on iOS5 but not iOS4 (at least not on the 4.3.3 device I tested)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can only have access to whatever app they left open although for the email application and other sensitive applications, this is a very big deal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have not found a way to access any other app&#8211;even from the home screen which can only be viewed if that what was on the screen last before it was locked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even though my iPad is set to view 50 messages at a time, only 15 or so which readable via this exploit&#8211;the rest were ghost emails lacking all detail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can disabled by going into settings and disabling the smart cover feature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This needs to be fixed immediately and is extremely embarrassing for Apple.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael offered up this explanation as to how this may have slipped by the testers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The thing about the stuff that seems obvious to a user can often get past a tester simply because of the myriad things that they have to test. You get a list of requirements, from that you write procedures, and after a while you start to get tunnel vision of a sort where you just test what&#8217;s on the paper and you forget that the user doesn&#8217;t have that paper. They are going to do whatever the fuck they want to do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, testers can&#8217;t account for a lot of the dumb crap that end users will do. At this point in technology, no one reads the manual, and no one follows procedures step-for-step, especially when it&#8217;s something as simple as hitting a cancel switch on the power-of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also noted that the 5 finger swipe will open the taskbar, but you cannot switch to other apps. I recommend not locking your iPad on anything vital, and don&#8217;t just leave it laying around either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical iPad 2 vulnerability! New iOS5 bug lets anyone bypass password in seconds. Learn how &#038; protect your device! 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