iPhone 3.0 does not fully delete emails
by IDF Agent on Sep.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
If you are trying to delete an email, whether it’s from a sweetheart, or your stalker, or your boss from a top secret government agency, you expect deleted email to stay deleted. However, that does not seem to be the case with iPhone 3.0.
Even after deletion, email messages appear in search on iPhone 3.0 dating back as far as several months. This is a major security flaw that can cause a lot of headache.
Here is how to reproduce it:
1.) Find a message with a memorable subject line, and delete it.
2.) Go to your trash, and remove the message from there.
3.) Check whatever IMAP folders may be listed on your device—this works with POP too—and make sure your message is really not there.
4.) Flick over to the main Spotlight search screen, and search for the subject line on that message that shouldn’t exist
5.) Be shocked and confused when you find that not only can you see the subject line in a simple search—you can still view the entire message. Your email-based illicit affairs are ruined.
An undisclosed source has confirmed that version 3.1 does not have same bug.
Solution: Upgrade your iPhone to version 3.1 (You will loose your jailbrake if you upgrade)
Is being unable to delete your email messages really a bug or has this functionality been designed to retrieve user’s emails (for any purpose) and the fact that search feature can find it is just a mistake on Apple’s part? We want to hear your opinion: info@idftaskforce.com
