No problem scanning my pictures for child porn. I'm not a Pedo, so there you go. And you could be wrong about the android thing. Don't they have apps on android now? And who do you know from China that would have a problem with this. Or are you just making assumptions that have no correlation to my post of what I want?
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T-Mobile's Security is 'Awful' Says Hacker Who Stole Data From 50 Million Customers
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So true but the other poster has a point. Something like this, all 50M users should get something besides ID protection for 2 years. As fast as they can turn that around, put the cash into a victims hands. Let the victim decide where to get their ID protection from. Not from the company who couldn't protect their ID in the first place.
Finds security vulnerability. But instead of alerting T-Mobile so it gets fixed, decides to download personal info on tens of millions of subscribers to sell.
His justification? He was the victim of a crime too.
SMH
Admittedly, I am not a genius in this area. How would it be antitrust if they were the 4th big carrier? iPhone users could still use other providers.
They could just be an MVNO like GoogleFi. Just turn the existing carriers into a dumb pipe, rather than the illusion that they are somehow bringing value to you other than just data and telephone.
Although it's true that the actual victims receive very little, large payouts still can happen and can be a deterrent. But it would be preferable to have competent people in charge so that this type of hack doesn't happen in the first place.
McAfee Identity Protection? What a joke. I'd just as soon put my info on a billboard and take my chances than put it in the hands of McAfee.
The govt has data leaks as big as businesses regularly and often with more sensitive information. It’s a battle we will be waging forever but I don’t know if additional sticks will motivate anyone.
We also need more penalties for the law breakers. Maybe 1 day of prison for every persons information stolen or something.
This John Binns character, whoever he really is, might just be a phony trying to take credit for something someone else did. I would not be surprised if that is the case. If it looks like 💩, smells like 💩, feels like 💩, and tastes like 💩, then it probably is 💩! Nothing about his story sounds legit. He is likely just a nut case…
I think it would be incredibly expensive and unnecessary for Apple to put up a million cell towers in hundreds of countries... no matter how bad you hate your current carrier. The US alone has over 150,000 towers.
Yes... Apple likes to be as vertically integrated as they possibly can. But they can't or won't do everything. Apple still relies on components from Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, etc. And the carriers.
Could Apple become an MVNO? Possibly. But they'd still be beholden to the carriers and all of their towers.
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Despite the damage and T-Mobile's negligence, very little will be done about it. Until there's jail time and significant financial losses from this level of buffoonery, companies of all sizes will continue to not invest in cybersecurity.
Be very careful about what information you give to third-parties.
Be very careful about what information you give to third-parties.
True. It would also be a massive effort and take years to build up a new nationwide infrastructure from scratch. But they could potentially become an MVNO, similar to what Google has done with their Fi service.
And customers actually get paid some real money and not just the lawyers.
Your SSN, ID's and DOB is plenty to steal your identity. That littler Equifax/Experian package places often provide after a data breach isn't enough
And get sued for broadcasting on the EM spectrum block that belongs to ATT, Verizon or T-Mo? There is no more available block of EM spectrum for Apple to become a carrier.
The only way in is deadman's shoes. They need to buy out one of the carriers or wait for another spectrum auction.
They can just call it orange. Oh wait.
Call it watermelon then.
6-7 years ago, I was looking at a few old T-Mobile sim cards trying to figure out which one was still active on a prepaid account. One of them I thought for sure would still work and I went to add it to my post paid account as the website allows you to do. Turns out the old prepaid account was no linger active BUT it still got added to my postpaid account. Once I switched to that phone number, I could see the name of the person who now owned that phone number, their email address as well as physical address and all the numbers and deliver associated with that account AND the credit card number.
There was some more better known person who ended up discovering that this could be know and T-Mobile claimed to have patched this up. Seeing that hackers can still get in and access millions of users records is not surprising to me.
There was some more better known person who ended up discovering that this could be know and T-Mobile claimed to have patched this up. Seeing that hackers can still get in and access millions of users records is not surprising to me.
Maybe they could operate like Anywhere SIM and offer roaming over the existing carriers?
Where I live (in the UK), coverage is extremely variable and patchy. It is frustrating that no carrier is much better than the rest (thus providing an obvious choice), and only one is so poor as to not be worth considering.So a roaming virutal carrier has much appeal.
One with a bit of clout might be able to offer a very appealing, albeit probably premium priced, package. And with limited anti-trust exposure.
Apple is all about the ecosystem. Good modivator to get people to switch to Apple. If my memory serves, Google only allowed android on their plans for a while.