Those from Cupertino have reacted with extreme speed to the vulnerabilities detected in the first days of iOS 7 in the street, launching the version 7.0.2 and thus solving the bugs that allowed access to various private areas of the phone or tablet taking advantage of the new functions of the unlock screen. The update is available via OTA and iTunes; we give you the details.
Although iOS 7 has covered many iOS 6 cracks As far as security is concerned, it is difficult not to run into a bug that leaves the shame of the developers to the air after such a recent launch. In this case, the latest version of Apple's mobile system has not been an exception, and again presented certain security problems when closing access to the unlock screen to third parties.
iOS 7.0.2 fixes unlock screen vulnerabilities
Apple I had been working on for several weeks iOS 7.0.2 but, even so, he has had time to include solutions to the major security problems posed by bugs detected. These were mainly two: the first, allowed enter in the gallery Device following a sequence and from there in the social media and the email. The second was exclusive to the iPhone that gave access to the keyboard from the emergency calls, with which any stranger could communicate with any number without further complication.
As we say, after installing iOS 7.0.2 we can stop worrying about these contingencies. The download occupies only 21 megabytes and is already available for the usual channels.
The update will not prevent jailbreak
Those who are seduced by the idea of ​​unlocking their device via jailbreak they will have no problem if they update to iOS 7.0.2, this is confirmed by the media iDownloadBlog echoing a tweet from MuscleNerd. The new version, according to this hacker, does not close any of the vectors that are being used to develop the system hack; so that, free way.
Source: Apple .