Apple Releases iOS 7.0.2

Just over a week after Apple released iOS 7 to the general public, iOS 7.0.2 has been released.  The latest update specifically fixes the iOS 7 vulnerability that allows someone to bypass the lock screen passcode.  This comes aside from the news that a German hacker was supposedly able to hack the fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s.


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