The iPhone is an amazing device, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have issues. The biggest issue yet (IMO) is a recently discovered flaw that can allow anyone to access pretty much any area of the phone. How you ask?

It’s simple. If the phone is locked, slide to unlock, hit the emergency call button, and then double tap the home button. This will take you to your contacts, from here you could gain access to almost any section of the phone. Have an email address for a contact? That’ll give you access to all of the email. Have any phone number listed for a contact? Of course you do, and that’ll give you access to all of the text messages. Have a person’s blog or company website linked in the contact profile? By now I’m sure you can figure where this is going.

Don’t worry too much. Apple has promised a patch to fix the issue next month. Yes, next month.