Siri lets anyone use a locked iPhone 4S
By Elinor Mills October 19, 2011
The voice-activated feature on the new iPhone 4S will let anyone use the phone to send e-mails and text messages and make calls even if it is passcode locked, security firm Sophos revealed today and CNET has confirmed.
Try it. Grab a friend's locked iPhone 4S, press the button and ask Siri to do something. I was able to send a text message, make a call and send an e-mail, all without knowing my friend's passcode. Another colleague confirmed that she could get an address and a phone number out of the phone and even see the calendar.
To be clear, the phone is still locked in the sense that someone can't just grab it and make calls to any phone number by dialing. And users are also unable to launch apps. We also weren't able to send an e-mail to an address that was not in the contact list or find other data for people who weren't already in the contact list.
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