Apple has been in the news mickle of late , mostly because fellowship execs have refuse to kowtow to requests by the Federal Bureau of Investigations to create a " back door " strategy that’dweaken security across the board . For that , many have commended the caller .
But then this video popped up last week on YouTube , style " iPhone Unlock WITHOUT Passcode Glitch * newfangled 2016 * . " Very catchy . But the crux of the video suggests that with a few well - timed silver screen selections , you may get around any iPhone ’s passcode .
The footfall are middling simple :
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1 . From the lock projection screen , ask Siri , " What time is it?“2 . When the local time pops up , beg on the clock face3 . When the World Clocks screen pops up , tap on the Timer ikon on the bottom right4 . pat " When Timer Ends " on the Timer screen5 . Tap " Buy More Tones " on the " When Timer Ends Screen"6 . This will take up the iTunes store7 . Press the Home push to unlock the phone
Watch for yourself .
Of course , Internet goblins took the story at face value , and the video garnered more than 400,000 views in just four Clarence Day . Some mercantile establishment even describe the video as"SHOCKING " and " TERRIFYING"in an effort to get you to upload in your pants .
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Here ’s the thing : this trick is fake .
If you go through this whole process on your own iPhone with a Touch ID , you ’re using YOUR finger on YOUR Touch ID . That will unlock the earpiece . That ’s how the Touch ID works . The teller leave out that minor detail .
The video ends up being so credible because you may get all the way to tread five on someone else ’s iPhone , but when you click " Buy More Tones , " the security whorl bang in , and you may go no further . Thankfully .
We gave it a test run , just to be certain . I unlock my iPhone following these step . But a co - proletarian ’s journey ended at " Buy More Tones . "
Rest easy , iPhone users . Nobody can access your stuff , willy - nilly . At some stage there will belike be a reliable workaround . In the meantime : if you see this video on a friend ’s Facebook Thomas Nelson Page , please excuse it is bogus . You ’ll be doing the world a favor .
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