@zato: I read the original Wired story and it was pretty convincing. Why do you see reporting about a legitimate security hole as anti-Apple propoganda? I’d say just the opposite. You are engaging in typical fanboi shoot the messenger behavior.

The Wired text:

“In order to create that shrinking effect, the iPhone snaps a screenshot, Zdziarski said.
The phone presumably deletes the image after you close the application. But anyone who understands data is aware that in most cases, deletion does not permanently remove files from a storage device.”

“The phone presumably deletes”???
So Zdziarski doesn’t know. In other words, he’s never recovered a screenshot, and doesn’t really know even if an image is stored.
But to anti-Apple propagandists and click whores, this BS is pure gold.

What, no “porn mode”?

Of COURSE it “quick deletes” it, just about every device on the planet does. Usually you need 3rd party software to completely overwrite data and this can take a while, the time needed and pointlessness unless you are throwing away or selling the device is the reason nothing fully overwrites data.

If your phone is stolen your login names/passwords, personal information, etc is more at risk than a bunch of screenshots that may be recovered which would have a highly unlikely chance of even containing anything sensative.