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Second Man Behind Phishing of Celebrity iCloud Accounts Pleads Guilty
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5 years is the recommended sentence, and the article says the plea agreement recommends 18 months.
What do you think would be an appropriate sentence?
Slap on the wrist with a stern look of :
"Just don't do that again", would do?
Or Plan B) would be my choice
Snap and film naked pictures and videos of the guys and plaster them everywhere
with nice big headlines.
Send via e-mail to their families and friends and keep that going for a few weeks.
Actually, one of the benefits rarely mentioned of using 1Password to fill in passwords (it probably applies to some other password programs) is that it offers only passwords that match the current domain - if you unwisely click on a "you need to reset your password" phishing mail that directs you to, say, "app1e.com", 1Password can easily tell that the site isn't apple.com, even if the user can't.
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It could have been prevented easily, at least the bad passwords. Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked in 2005 by somebody who guessed the answer to her security-question ("What's the name of your dog?").
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/21/paris_hacked/
But it seems celebrities never learn ;-)
At least one thing they have in common with non-celebrity people....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/21/paris_hacked/
But it seems celebrities never learn ;-)
At least one thing they have in common with non-celebrity people....
It's another example of why not to emulate/idolize celebrities or act like they're better than the rest of the population. I don't understand why people act like celebrity endorsements (of products or political views) mean anything.
Forced to endure a 2 hour keynote run by eddy cue !!!
This isn't a liberal media thing. It certainly is a click-baits media thing, I'll grant you that.
It's social conservatives who drool over the opportunity to tar others in lurid leaks.
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Doesn't seem terribly political to me, either, except that someone chose to paint it so.
Liberal media? What are you smoking?
You'd think celebrities would be more wary of this sort of thing than most of us. Especially when you're an international movie star and your phone is full of (unnecessary?) photos of your naked body or sexual encounters. Why do people feel the need to have those sort of images or even store them long term for that matter?? Beyond me.
Typical.
The good ones have correct graphics, but with grammar mistakes or typos.
The bad ones read like dictionary translations from Hindi to English.
Nobody posting in these threads is normal - you're already self-selected to be somewhat more tech savvy than the average citizen because you found your way into these forums and are discussing computer security.
It should be the choice of the injured parties, not the state, and the bill for the punishment shouldn't be carried by people who weren't affected by this. These men will be tried and sentenced in California. The last incarceration cost data I had from California was their fy2010 budget, which showed an average incarceration cost of $47k per inmate per year. Using the CPI calculator that cost is adjusted to $52k. So two men at 18 months each equals three man-years of incarceration, or $156k in real costs to the taxpayer. This doesn't include the costs of the investigation (if you want to call it that), nor does it include the damage to Apple's reputation as people still insist that iCloud isn't is secure as Gmail. It certainly doesn't allow for any remuneration to the affected parties, and I doubt one could put any kind of price on the emotional damage that has resulted to them. Therefore, the proper thing would be for the affected parties to decide on the best solution to repair their lives.
On a slightly different topic but still related to the article..
While it seems that public figures shouldn't get too upset when these things happen - after all, didn't they forfeit their privacy when they decided to go on camera? - bear in mind that regardless of the reason for having such images stored on their phones, releasing those images conflicts with very carefully crafted personas that these people and their publicists build in large part to insulate their "real selves" from the public. Speaking as a person who has a large amount of experience with media personalities, I can assure you that not one of them acts the way you perceive them on camera or in news reports, etc.
People may think it is just and proper to criticize these personalities when a breach like this occurs, but I say it isn't. I think it isn't much different than if someone pulled down an actress' bedroom curtains while she was changing - or whatever - and then taking pictures.
agreed to plead guilty to a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - A (singular) violation? The article says 300.
The criminal justice system is too lenient. No wonder the penalties do not deter the crimes.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
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Don't even OPEN email unless you already have a conversation going with someone or that sender's email address is known to you. Mouse over the sender and see the true sender's email address. View the full header to see where it really originated.
And I do send links for articles I have read to family members.
instances, not instants.
The criminal justice system is too lenient. No wonder the penalties do not deter the crimes.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
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so did MRone lead just follows another here.
Too many instants of services getting "hacked" with weak passwords.. I would understand a "hack" only that would relate if these accounts had strong passwords only, but not weak. I guess most of it it centered around Find my iPhone issue?
Don't click on HTML links in email period...
Instead use "Plain text" to view... While it looks ugly, as least u can see everything for how it is, not how it's not.
Don't even OPEN email unless you already have a conversation going with someone or that sender's email address is known to you. Mouse over the sender and see the true sender's email address. View the full header to see where it really originated.
And I do send links for articles I have read to family members.
instances, not instants.
Yeah, I'd never heard it called "Celebgate" before either, what'd a horrible name. We called it The Fappening.
I'm not sure how I feel about the sentence. On the one hand it was an unbelievably ****** thing to do, but will prison make the situation better or worse?
I'm not sure how I feel about the sentence. On the one hand it was an unbelievably ****** thing to do, but will prison make the situation better or worse?
I think the idea of prison in this case is to strongly recommend to others that they not try the same thing, that doing such things is a very serious invasion of privacy.
Please see CarlosQG's post above.
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That is in violation of the 8th Amendment of the United States' constitution.
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
As that is cruel and unusual punishment...(Note the cruel part)
