Apple 'Actively Investigating' Possible Hacking of Celebrity iCloud Accounts

[69650]

Next time I leave a spare key under my doormat and someone uses it to rob my house, I'm sure you'll go ahead and blame the lock.

If you leave a spare key under the doormat you deserve to get burgled.

I don't condone what the hacker did but stupid people have nobody to blame but themselves.

 

[mwa]

Was there actually a hack that took place? I mean, last I checked, if I correctly guess that some stupid person used "qwerty123" as her password doesn't mean I'm a hacker.

Unless the service's security protocol itself was compromised, then it's not a hack. It may point out vulnerabilities, but it's not a "hack."

... and I love how all the headlines use the name iCloud when several other services have been named.

 

[flux73]

If you leave a spare key under the doormat you deserve to get burgled.

I don't condone what the hacker did but stupid people have nobody to blame but themselves.

This is not the same thing. Many (MANY) people are not tech savvy enough to know what PhotoStream is, what it does, to say nothing of whether it's turned on or not. The analogy would be more apt if the maid takes the key, copies it, and puts the copy outside under the doormat without telling you.

My work colleague does medical examiner work sometimes (we are MD's), which requires him to photograph bodies. Often very gruesome scenes. At his kid's birthday party, they had an AppleTV hooked up. He activated PhotoStream on the AppleTV with the intent of sending photos from the birthday party from his iPhone to the big screen. You can guess what happened. The wife was REALLY mad at him. But he didn't know the photos were being uploaded. He's an extremely intelligent person but he knows nothing about how tech works. Don't equate tech illiteracy with intelligence. It's not the same thing.

You guys need to remember that what's obvious to us tech geeks is NOT obvious to the rest of the world. And technology needs to be designed for people who DON'T know what they're doing. Photos (and documents for that matter) should never be automatically uploaded unless the user specifically asks to do so. THEN, if they got stolen, it would be more similar to the "key under the doormat" analogy.

 

[C DM]

This is not the same thing. Many (MANY) people are not tech savvy enough to know what PhotoStream is, what it does, to say nothing of whether it's turned on or not. The analogy would be more apt if the maid takes the key, copies it, and puts the copy outside under the doormat without telling you.

My work colleague does medical examiner work sometimes (we are MD's), which requires him to photograph bodies. Often very gruesome scenes. At his kid's birthday party, they had an AppleTV hooked up. He activated PhotoStream on the AppleTV with the intent of sending photos from the birthday party from his iPhone to the big screen. You can guess what happened. The wife was REALLY mad at him. But he didn't know the photos were being uploaded. He's an extremely intelligent person but he knows nothing about how tech works. Don't equate tech illiteracy with intelligence. It's not the same thing.

You guys need to remember that what's obvious to us tech geeks is NOT obvious to the rest of the world. And technology needs to be designed for people who DON'T know what they're doing. Photos (and documents for that matter) should never be automatically uploaded unless the user specifically asks to do so. THEN, if they got stolen, it would be more similar to the "key under the doormat" analogy.

But none of that is really an excuse not to find out more about how it works once you get that tech and use it. You might not know much about it, but if you are going to get it and actually use it then you need to find out about it, and more than the minimum you would need just to use it for your needs. Applies to most things in life realistically speaking, not just tech.

 

[AaronEdwards]

I wouldn't have a clue. But the fact that you've made the statement indicates you know the laws much better than I do.

Yet it does beg the question, just how do you know this?

It was recently discussed in a blog that I read.

 

[Carlanga]

Let me clarify- I can't be 100% absolutely certain it was in fact her, but the room in the video looks exactly like the room in some of her pictures, and the female in the dog video looks just like her.

It's enough for me to conclude it's her.

I will not link to it, you sick-o. I didn't go looking for what I have seen. There was a YouTube link posted with no description and when clicked, played an approximately 30 second clip of said actions with said actress. (Allegedly, ok?)

If you really must investigate this further- the video title on YouTube was:

Porndog LEAKED FROM 4chan.

It was posted along with two or three other short clips of other actresses on RaydarGames channel and after a few hours were deleted.

Of course this won't hit the news. The news will push a different agenda- if you want privacy, let your phone get your DNA (or whatever other Orwellian process they come up with next)

Wait, I think you got confused w who is the sick person here. (You btw). No one in ANY site has said anything about a dog. NO ONE. Only you.
So the only way you found it would be for you to look up dog porn. I don't care of seeing the video, I wanted an article or someone that talked about it because believe me if the bs you are saying was true we would have seen it all over. IMO you are trying to troll this subject too much.

 

[zipa]

By the way, my username is in reference to the Navistar engine for Ford's Superduty. Powerstroke.

I know. The connotation in this thread is still hilarious...

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They best way not to have Naked Pictures of yourselves Online is not to take them at all. If you want to play whore then anything can happen.

I think that maybe you have misunderstood what it is that whores do...

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Next time I leave a spare key under my doormat and someone uses it to rob my house, I'm sure you'll go ahead and blame the lock.

No, it's more like blaming the contractor for installing a piece of string instead of the lock, just because you didn't know to specify something else.

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No Disgusting is taking NUDEs of yourselves.

Get help.

 

[powerstrokin]

Wait, I think you got confused w who is the sick person here. (You btw). No one in ANY site has said anything about a dog. NO ONE. Only you.
So the only way you found it would be for you to look up dog porn. I don't care of seeing the video, I wanted an article or someone that talked about it because believe me if the bs you are saying was true we would have seen it all over. IMO you are trying to troll this subject too much.

Surely you jest.

Info was pulled very quickly, that's why you haven't heard about it.

The youtube link was posted on 4chan with no description, so how does that constitute me 'looking up dog porn'?

Calm down.

 

[mwa]

Playing dumb with how your tech works is no excuse. Come on. Its some NASTY shizz in some of these photos and as the shutter went click the person in the photo didnt go "Hey, where is this gonna end up?"

I haven't seen the photos, but it reminds me of the old saying that's like as old as time itself:

"If you don't take nude photos of yourself then you can't have a problem with them being passed around the internet."

 

[BarryL]

People should use more common sense. One something's uploaded to the web, it's Alwwys somewhere.