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Apple Hit With Lawsuit Over FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug
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Why do americans sue everybody instead of claiming liability for their own mistakes? If this bug did affect the lawyer, it is his fault. His phone isn't allowed in a court room, and if he can't disclose who the person listening in was, there's no proof that they were listening.
Perhaps. If you want to get technical, a deposition is not the same as a trial, and generally occurs outside a courtroom (usually in a law office). That said, I'm not sure what the rules are during a deposition; I just thought I'd make a nuisance of myself by pointing that out.
None of this should detract from the very real security issue. Nor the lawyer with a hammer who sees nails everywhere. But I would venture a guess that a cell phone is not contraband during a routine deposition. (If there are any lawyers around, feel free to tell me otherwise.)
She is a lawyer so this was her plan all along. I’m sure she consulted tech people and know the protocol in these matter and that Apple would quietly work on a solution that was least disruptive since it was not an active exploit but used this as a tactic to gain media attention to help push her case.
Depositions aren’t taken in courtrooms, and there aren’t any rules prohibiting possession of a cell phone inside a courtroom or during a deposition. Other than that you were right on.
False. The ethical protocol would have been to immediately disable the feature until a fix was found. This was only done after they received negative media attention.
Just for clarity, this only happens if you don't answer the other parties FaceTime call. Or alternatively you press the power button to try and decline the call by muting/stopping the vibrate function of the iPhone and consequently your video can be seen.
However is it correct to avoid this entirely by rejecting the FaceTime call (i.e. pressing the red decline button) ?
However is it correct to avoid this entirely by rejecting the FaceTime call (i.e. pressing the red decline button) ?
This was only done after someone maliciously posted a video teaching how to do it on social media. The media attention came from the video that should have never been posted. If they were already working on a solution for them to post a video was negligent.
how is it that he knows an unknown person was eavesdropping?
Guaranteed this jackhole set up this "deposition" the second he heard about the bug.
After software reaches a certain size, it is nearly impossible to guarantee the absence of all bugs. We do our best and we test. But after you test 1000 times, all you can say is I tested 1000 times and everything looked ok. So I guarantee there are no bugs, unless there are.
If debugging is the art of removing bugs, programming must be the art of putting them in.
And saw the training video. If someone was truly concerned about everyone’s privacy, why post a video of how to do it?
Or they were planning on doing a server side fix anyway and the timing was coincidental.
And what normal person doing any of the betas would have tried to add themselves to a group call they initiated?After software reaches a certain size, it is nearly impossible to guarantee the absence of all bugs. We do our best and we test. But after you test 1000 times, all you can say is I tested 1000 times and everything looked ok. So I guarantee there are no bugs, unless there are.
If debugging is the art of removing bugs, programming must be the art of putting them in.
That's not the point here, the case is that these insecurity invulnerabilities are happening a lot for a company who prides itself agaisnt their competitions of having strong security and privacy measures when in reality they're just like the others and Apple isn't special. This is also the case of most Apple users who keep defending Apple for everything start to see that Apple as a company doesn't really give a damn anymore about the costumer and their only caring is the profit from their overpriced gadgets. I can't count the times I've seen people posting the following "Apple's premium is worth because the experience is the best, big free and privacy controlled" which isn't true and never will.After software reaches a certain size, it is nearly impossible to guarantee the absence of all bugs. We do our best and we test. But after you test 1000 times, all you can say is I tested 1000 times and everything looked ok. So I guarantee there are no bugs, unless there are.
If debugging is the art of removing bugs, programming must be the art of putting them in.
The point is bugs will always happen. Ask any company who has been recently hacked who “prides” itself on user privacy and security.
The profits first meme is so overworked these days.
But there certainly are more shades of grey areas than are in your post.
Oh you mean Apple?
https://bgr.com/2018/08/16/apple-servers-hacked-teen-sensitive-data-year/
Get your facts straight
Have a good day.
I am not surprised.
I just had a look at the bug reports I have filed over the years on radar. More than half have either had no response for years, or been closed without being fixed. I have to keep reminding myself that there's no point in reporting bugs to Apple.
