SubscribeAccording to a “Today @ PC World” blog post:
In an article published in today’s New York Times researchers using WiFi connection say they can gain access to an iPhone ceding control of the device. Researchers also say the hack can be achieved by tricking iPhone users into visiting a Web site with malicious code. The hack, ISE researchers say, can give intruders access to “any file” on the iPhone and allow a remote user to “make calls… or even turning it into a portable bugging device.”
A bugging device! Yikes!
I guess this is what happens when any technology product becomes popular, be it the Apple iPhone or Microsoft Windows.
I wonder if this is due to a flaw in the iPhone’s Mac OS X version, the Safari browser, or some iPhone-specific hardware or software issue.
Michael Lerch responded on 31 Aug 2007 at 4:16 pm #
I did some research for you. It’s actually a hardware bug. See, the iPhone uses WiFi for internet access - although it is much much much stronger than any normal wireless device. Hackers have found a way to exploit the iPhone’s wireless frequency and break into the phone itself.
One of these hackers is well-known, has been on TV several times, and just recently hired by Apple to work on a firmware that is unbreakable.