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Apple Just Patched A Security Flaw In iCloud
Business Insider ^
| September 1, 2014
| James Cook
Posted on 09/01/2014 8:12:52 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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Full Title: "Apple Just Patched A Security Flaw In iCloud That Could've Been Used To Hack Celebrity Accounts"
Sadly, it's not known if this is what was used.
Apple is going to have a huge black eye for a long while from this. I wonder what the settlements will cost with all the actresses.
To: ConservativeMind
I’ll, of course, have to see the photos in question in order to determine the severity of the breech.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:14:50 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: ConservativeMind
I can’t believe they didn’t have some kind of lockout policy. Even a ten-try maximum would be effective against brute-force; you could also establish a modest lockout duration so legitimate users could try again after a set amount of time.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:16:32 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: ConservativeMind
I got an iphone last week. Coincidentally they pushed me a message that I should back it up to iCloud on friday, just before this hit.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:19:10 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: ConservativeMind
So, why do celebrities have nude photos of themselves posted to the cloud anyway?
Bob Barker and George Clooney can keep it to themselves.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:19:29 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:21:10 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
To: Izzy Dunne
Apparently Justin Verlander cannot.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:21:40 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: ConservativeMind
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:24:23 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Apple has a “ten try” option for our phones to force erasure in the wrong hands, if my memory is correct. But it is optional per phone and does not begin to cover security on APIs and other environmets like iCloud.
These ladies will be dealing with the fallout the rest of their lives. The pics were meant for a specific person. As iPhones default to uploading to the free 5 GB drive space (encouraging us to purchase more to cover our growning data), these women probably didn’t think there was even a concern.
Apple is looking really bad, now. We will still buy the new iPhone 6s, but we will also continue to keep iCloud off.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:24:35 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: ConservativeMind
My new ipad has icloud as my new email address but I don’t have any naked pictures on it. No pictures at all. What else could happen?
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:28:18 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: ConservativeMind
There are much better phones out there. Apple has never taken security protocols seriously, so why buy their products?
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:29:26 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Ditter
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:35:15 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: Kirkwood
No, there are not any better phones out there. Apple is the top.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:35:49 AM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: ConservativeMind
I don’t bank, shop or pay bills on line. Personal emails, forwarded jokes and Free Republic, Drudge and occasionally DU. that’s all I do!
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:39:31 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Puppage
Ill, of course, have to see the photos in question in order to determine the severity of the breech.In Kate Upton's case, the breech was pretty severe. In the cases of Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande and Victoria Justice, the breech was tasteful, not too over the top, but embarrassing nonetheless.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:41:55 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Pikachu_Dad; Kirkwood
No, there are not any better phones out there. Apple is the top.
After 7 years w/ a dinosaur cellphone, I bought a Samsung Galaxy 4 just last week.
I'm still sliding up the learning curve but so far, I'm really impressed.
How is an Apple better?
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:42:23 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Kirkwood
"Apple has never taken security protocols seriously, so why buy their products?"
Apple will receive sympathy from the media as the victim here. And the stupid stars that took the selfies will not blame Apple - even if Apple is found to be renting its cloud storage from the NSA data warehouse.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:42:47 AM PDT
by
Citizen Zed
("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
To: Izzy Dunne
They probably didn’t overtly think that the automatic backup Apple does would be insecure. The phone has a fingerprint reader, which will “ensure” only you can make payments, when that is unveiled this month.
Each lady is thinking:
“If I don’t specifically share my pictures, why did Apple let them be taken?”
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:43:15 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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