You bought yourself an iPhone from Apple.  You decided to password protect your phone in case evil insurgents try to use it for nefarious means.  And you slept better at night, knowing You Did The Right Thing.

Until you read this.

As reported by the MacRumors: Forums, breaking into a password protected iPhone is as easy as 123.

1) Tap “Emergency Call” keypad from passcode entry screen.

2) Double-tap home button.

3) Tap blue arrow next to contact’s name.

“You now have full access to applications such as Safari, complete Contacts list, SMS, Maps, “full” Phone access, and Mail by accessing various entries on the Favorite’s page, i.e. tapping their home page brings up a full, unrestricted Safari.” says greenmymac.

Can anyone say “Oops!” over at Apple?  I sure know that we can say it here.

A workaround to prevent this horrendous security snafu is to disable the home button double-tap.  (Settings > General > Home Button > Checkmark Home)  In the mean time though, Apple sure better be working on fixing this security blunder, because never has a hack been so easy as this.  It makes Microsoft look secure!