[Swordmaker]

An already patched (and announced by Apple) flaw in the iCloud Keychain, could have permitted exposure of all sites and passwords IF a potential hacker had the user's iCloud user name and password. . . something highly unlikely. . . by means of registering a bogus device to the iCloud account. However, if such a hacker already had the user's iCloud user name and password, such an exploit would be pretty much obviated as he would already own the target's data. This vulnerability was already patched back in March. Nothing to worry about here, but it is, after all FUD season! — PING!

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[rlmorel]

Good grief. Is there some kind of computer security tech conference coming up or something? Seems like a plethora of these kinds of things come out (like harbingers of doom) leading up to these events!

Well, security is a critical thing and it pays to beware. On Saturday, my wife and I took a trip to a coastal town to walk around, and I got a message from a co-worker asking if I was visiting this town, far from where I live or work. It was a last minute thing and I hadn’t discussed it with anyone, and I immediately thought for a split “Geez...do I have some obscure thing enabled that is transmitting my position in some way?”

I responded, asking how he knew, and he said I walked in front of his car...he and his wife had been visiting the same town! But I had about 10 seconds of concern as I mulled this over...