Posted on 09/02/2014 2:33:41 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The leaking of hundreds of private and intimate photographs of Hollywood celebrities cast new doubt on the security of popular online storage sites Monday as investigators probed for explanations of the high-profile breach.
Privacy experts joined Hollywood publicists in denouncing the leaks, which flooded Web sites over the weekend with nude images of more than a half-dozen A-list actresses and performers, including Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, star of “The Hunger Games” and “Silver Linings Playbook.”
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Security of personal information is only as good as the means used to capture it and secure it. People need to understand that when it comes to digitized information “security” is limited and imperfect. And they need to have respect for it.
30 years ago a Jennifer Lawrence could have taken nude pix of herself with a Polaroid camera, then either permanently destroyed them via burning (secure!) or secured them in a safe or safety deposit box (still subject to limitations in security).
The truth is that in the digital age we may deserve to have security, but the only way to really have it is to never commit things we want to keep “secure” to digital media.
“in the digital age we may deserve to have security, but the only way to really have it is to never commit things we want to keep “secure” to digital media.”
And in this day of companies selling everything in the digital world to everyone else, the ONLY means of keeping something like a digital photo safe is to never take a photo with anything connected to the Internet, like an iPhone. Even digital cameras that then are connected to a computer are not safe.
“They should use ancient technology - Polaroids!”
I once took a Polaroid photo of my wife that only she or I will ever see. If I’m mortally ill, it will go into the shredder.
Privacy is what you make of it. Selfies are for the birds, like daily Facebook postings of one’s breakfast. What’s with all the narcissism any more?
Omar & Achmed will see those online pix too, and add them to their “Infidels to be Beheaded First” list.
I wouldn’t characterize most of these women as having ‘failing careers’. The poster child for the story has been Jennifer Lawrence, who is doing very well right now. Another name that pops up is Kate Upton, who seems to be at the top of her profession. I saw Kaley Cuoco’s name in the mix - she just got a deal for a million dollars an episode. One was a singer named Arianna Grande...the mere fact that I recognize her name means she’s very popular right now.
I don’t think this was a publicity stunt. I just don’t think these people really understand how the cloud works. I’m not a techy kind of guy, which gives me an advantage, I believe...I don’t know how it works in binary code terms...but on the other hand, I KNOW how it works. Step 1 - buy the latest and greatest phone, ignore all the settings and let Apple default you into cloud storage...that you might not even know you are using. Step 2 - use your phone like its a stand alone device, aka polaroid camera. Step 3 - Learn the hard way that the stuff ‘on your phone’ is really on a server somewhere.
Kate Upton could stand to lose 40 pounds.
If you don’t want something seen, why would you put it anywhere with potential for public access?
Does a bear...Is the Pope...oh, never mind!
The iOS setup screens tell them right up front that signing in with an Apple ID enables storage of their info on iCloud and allows the user to skip the step. Hard to see how yo can claim this is somehow kind of sneaky.
Apple's iCloud isn't the only online storage service that has had security issues - for example, Dropbox had a similar problem not that long ago. But because it's Apple, they get headlines. And while imperfect, I still trust Apple's commitment to customer security and privacy much more than Microsoft or the NSA's best friend, Google.
In the software development business since late 80’s and I haven’t seen anything that is 100%. Where there is a will there is a way and the government has the way and the will. Loser hackers have the will in most cases.
Case and point - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3197814/posts
” I still trust Apple’s commitment to customer security and privacy much more than Microsoft or the NSA’s best friend, Google. “
If you think Apple isn’t in bed wit the NSA you are sadly naïve.
#43 One thing I noticed is how messy the room is when they take the photos...... yep the room.
Anyone who thought the “cloud” was secure is a moron. I never put anything private there. Private files (whether taxes or personal pictures) belong on a thumb drive, not even on your own hard drive (or a former bf/gf’s drive), and certainly not in the cloud.
It has been reported today that Apple is going to patch a "brute force" attack issue in iCloud. The exploit basically allowed a hacker to write a script with a list of commonly used passwords and pound away at accounts without ever causing them to be locked out.
And yet, here we are...
Yes, thank God. If they were any smarter, I think we’d have trouble keeping the species going, because mens’ tricks are not that good.
if you saw the pictures and alleged videos, you would understand that this is not a stunt.
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