{"id":231479,"date":"2026-04-05T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/apples-update-mistake-hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-affected\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:05:13","slug":"apples-update-mistake-hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/apples-update-mistake-hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s Update Mistake\u2014Hundreds Of Millions Of iPhones Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s Update Mistake\u2014Hundreds Of Millions Of iPhones Affected<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/apple-mistake-hundreds-millions-iphones-143746479.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-05 10:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: ca.news.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Apple doesn\u2019t often make security or privacy mistakes \u2014 but this is one of them. I have warned about this before, but it hasn\u2019t been fixed. Despite multiple iOS updates in recent weeks, this remains a serious issue. That means you must change your iPhone settings now, as users are putting their iPhones at risk.<\/p>\n

Dangerous USB access to smartphones has been highlighted by several recent spyware alerts that exploit physical, cabled access to devices. Apple protects against this with USB restriction options. These were limited or background settings until iOS 26, which added updated Wired Accessories settings when it was released.<\/p>\n

MORE FROM FORBES<\/span>Samsung\u2019s Android Update\u2014Bad News For Galaxy S26 Owners<\/span>By Zak Doffman<\/span><\/p>\n

But as one Reddit forum is now warning, the defaults for this new setting are unsafe. \u201cAt a moment of weakness, I plugged my iPhone into hotel\u2018s usb charging port overnight,\u201d one Redditor posted. \u201cThe next day, I was super paranoid and decided to check my security settings. Turn out I had the default setting, which allows usb accessory connection when phone is unlocked.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s far from ideal. Apple offers USB-C equipped iPhones the following USB connection options: Always Ask, Ask for New Accessories, Automatically Allow When Unlocked and Always Allow. Charging always works, this is about enabling a data connection as well. The default should be Ask for New Accessories, but it isn\u2019t. The default is Automatically Allow When Unlocked. And that\u2019s an issue.<\/p>\n

\"iOS<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple’s USB Protection.<\/p>\n

Apple \/ @UKZak<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I changed it to \u2018always ask\u2019 and plugged the phone back for a test,\u201d the Redditor explains, \u201cI got a message asking me if I want to connect to this usb accessory. So, basically I unknowingly allowed my phone to connect to this device overnight the day before.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have now been multiple reports warning users to change this setting (1,2,3). Apple should change the default to make this security more Apple-like out-of-the-box….<\/p>\n

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