Earlier this week, Apple released the latest 10.3 stable iOS update and brought many new features, together with fixes to some issues. One of them is the exploit that caused iPhones to repeatedly call 911, thus overwhelming the emergency service.
Apple has fixed the issue that caused iPhones to call 911 and summon the police, fire department or EMS services, according to The Wall Street Journal. Back in October last year, an 18-year-old iOS developer from Arizona discovered and published code that caused iPhones to repeatedly dial 911.
The only way to get iPhones to stop dialing 911 was to reportedly turn them off and the bug only worked on Apple’s smartphones. The code exploited an iPhone feature that allowed users to start a phone call immediately after tapping on a phone number.
Apple finally found a fix
The teenager was later arrested, but after t… (read more)
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