How to Prevent Siri Access on a Locked iPhone 4S

Siri, the new voice command feature on the iPhone 4S, is a handy new feature that's pretty amazing. But it could be used by someone to play a pretty mean trick.

Siri, the new voice command feature on the iPhone 4S, is a handy new feature that's pretty amazing. But it could also be used by someone to play a rather mean trick on an unsuspecting person.

Macworld contributor Scott McNulty observed on Twitter that Siri lets you send texts and emails while the iPhone 4S is locked. So, of course, we tried it ourselves, and yes, it's true. While your iPhone 4S is locked, you can hold down the Home button to activate Siri, compose an email or text, and send it.

A nifty time-saving feature, right? Right. But Siri isn't tuned to a single voice, which means that Siri can be used by someone other than youto send an email or text from your phone. For example, we had aPCWorld editor pick up my locked iPhone 4S, activate Siri, and compose a resignation letter that was sent to my Macworld email address. (We didn't send it to my boss, just in case he decided to actually accept my resignation.)

Mango OS

Word of Microsoft’s plans to make Mango available to all Windows phone developers began percolating last week. Microsoft is making Mango available to registered developers for their existing retail devices

Microsoft also is making a new beta of the Windows Phone Developer tools available as of today, as well. Now known as the Windows Phone SDK (software development kit), the tools are in beta 2 (according to the download page) and can be used to develop applications for both the currently shipping “NoDo” Windows Phone operating system build, as well as for the Mango update.

Microsoft is making the Mango beta available via its create.msdn.com hub. Developers with a validated App Hub account are being allowed to flash the beta onto their retail phones. Developers are allowed to flash Mango onto only one phone per developer.Developers need to download the Beta 2 of the SDK before obtaining the operating system update.