Has no one else heard of the Google breach? I don't see that being plastered all over the internet http://fus.in/1mqGkUm
You realise what you gave as an analogy is just another example of victim blaming, right? For rapes to stop, men need to stop raping. If a man rapes, he is to blame. Attempting to control women by telling them not to walk down alleys and then blaming rape on them if they don't listen to you is victim blaming.
LOL, apple realy is on a roll lately. Leaked pics, great keyonte stream, bend gate, ios8 and 8.0.1.
Bravo, well deserver Thanksgiving break.
One, maybe two issues could certainly be forgiven but it seems there are more and more of these things, as well as those design touches that are concerning me. Things that would have been scrutinised to the nth degree in the past are being let slide - maybe signs that Apple is slowly slipping from an untouchable force in design and engineering to something a little more "Microsoft". I do hope not.
Cheap shot to evoke Microsoft. Maybe you're unaware, but Microsoft patches more than a billion computers weekly (http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/703807). I can't remember the last hotfix that anyone even noticed.
The Next Web linked to a Python script on Github that may have been used for the hacking. The script utilized a brute-force like method which allowed hackers to keep guessing passwords without being locked out.
On September 1, 2014, hackers breached the iCloud accounts of many well-known actresses, downloading and leaking private photos and videos.
You have some really bad reading comprehension issues. I have no idea at all where you came up with the idea that he's ok with breaking into someones account *at all* from:
All he pointed out was that the evidence doesn't support the claim that this security flaw had *anything* to do with the photo release incident.
Sure, she could have sent the photos to an iDevice user who sysnced those photos to iCloud, as much as she could have synced/backed up those photos to whatever service BB has in place.
But neither of those scenarios show that iCloud was 'hacked' to get those photos.
The point I'm making is that there is a presumtion of hacking - simply because iPhone is top dog. When someone is holding a Blackberry taking a photo, no presumtion is made.
Account details were phished, no-one sat at a screen 'hacking' servers and code. No one broke into servers (multiple times, over multiple months) and had free access. Information was phished - that's not about being an apologist, it's about being real. Poor passwords and security answers played a massive part in all of this.
Has no one else heard of the Google breach? I don't see that being plastered all over the internet http://fus.in/1mqGkUm
Not always. Some password allow significant number of characters. They can make a nonsensical sentence up.
I_live_at_BMWVille for instance for a car nut, or even I_l1ve_at_8MWVille
Durr, his previous comment said "I don't blame Apple, I blame the celebrities." It's victim blaming.
But that's not what happened. That's what someone claims might have happened, but it's not what happened. The victim left the door open. Some "security researcher" in quotation marks noticed that if a victim left their key near the window, someone might get it without being noticed. But in reality, the thief came through the open door. And while the landlord was first blamed for not putting bars on the window, you know blame him for some hypothetical problem that wasn't the cause of the breakin either.
Now that's cool. Someone links to a python script used for brute force and all of a sudden, that was the script used? When it has been stated before that source of pictures is not sure.
Seriously, it's much easier to break into someone's phone using phising or social attacks than hacking by brute force, specially when most people don't care when connecting to free WIFI networks.
But hey, if Google reads all your personal data to send you the best ads in the world, that's fine![]()
This wasn't Apple' fault.
This was fault of the celebrities and really anyone that trusts security questions. Have long security questions set up to help access your account if you forget your password isn't bad unless the answer to the question is public information.
For example, if your entire life is on Wikipedia, do choose "mother maiden name" and "HS mascot".
Almost all websites have this for the form "security" and its up the the user not to put stupid answers to the questions.
Is it good Apple is increasing security and making it more robust, yes. Should Apple be taking the majority of the blame for this situation,no.
Apple (or others) can create the best, most secure software and access the world have even seen. But even that can't protect you if your stupid.
Exactly. If someone can't choose a password that will not be broken with a 20,000 pw brute force attack, then they are an idiot who shouldn't use iCloud.