Thousands of Apple ID Passwords Leaked by Teen Phone Monitoring App Server

[kdarling]

Anyone who went through the teenage years know how easy it is to slip up and destroy your life in that young age, just by hanging with the wrong people. Now that everything is easily recorded via picture and video and shared its a lot worse. Many people did things in their teenage years that they regretted it big time later on, and if there was better guidance they might have not walked through that slippery road.

So true! Anyone... adult or child... can destroy their lives so easily now, with their misdeeds being broadcast all over and recorded forever. But adults are legally responsible for themselves. Children are not.

That being said, turning into Big Brother is not the solution. It remains a parenting problem.

Monitoring **IS** part of parenting. And it can make a huge difference.

I'm not going to go into details, but my daughter was saved from school punishments and possible legal action, because I had a copy of all her texts and was able to prove that she did not do what she was accused of.... someone else did.

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As for the bad application, it's become normal with all the offshore cheap programmers being used to "save money".

 

[akash.nu]

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As for the bad application, it's become normal with all the offshore cheap programmers being used to "save money".

As much as I’d like to agree with that but most services only outsource the actual development aspect of software engineering but system architects and project managers are generally always in-house to ensure system integrity. I blame the company wholeheartedly for not following the basic security protocols that every system should employ.

 

[MacBH928]

So true! Anyone... adult or child... can destroy their lives so easily now, with their misdeeds being broadcast all over and recorded forever. But adults are legally responsible for themselves. Children are not.



Monitoring **IS** part of parenting. And it can make a huge difference.

I'm not going to go into details, but my daughter was saved from school punishments and possible legal action, because I had a copy of all her texts and was able to prove that she did not do what she was accused of.... someone else did.

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As for the bad application, it's become normal with all the offshore cheap programmers being used to "save money".

well I have been 16 and 17 , I know that age, when parents force extra monitoring on their kids, kids will retaliate.It becomes more like a challenge, how can I do what I want without letting my parents find out. Its probably ok for 12-13 years and younger but older than that, they want their privacy too.

 

[miscend]

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No, that's not normal. At all. Passwords aren't stored unencrypted; that's not how password managers work. At least not ones that are even remotely decent. Given how low a bar "encrypt the passwords" is for them, I can't think of any with that behavior.

Even for the managers that sync across devices or have web interfaces, the service doesn't have access to the unencrypted login information. They literally can't access it (e.g., 1Password Security Design; it's a bit technical, but it describes the entire process). In other words, it's perfectly safe with a proper master password. The alternatives (password reuse, shorter/more memorable passwords, writing them all down on paper, etc.) are all significantly less safe.

I think you misread. I said It’s pretty normal for Apple to allow for apps that ask for your ID and Password, such as password managers. I did not say or imply that password managers generally do not encrypt data on their database.

The reason why I don’t think it’s safe to store all your data with a password manager, is because if your account login details are compromised, then a malicious individual has immediate access to all your accounts and passwords in one scoop.

 

[Tech198]

I'm still trying to see the connection here with Lastpass.. When I run Security Challenge now, both my AppleID's are "compromised" but obviously their not weak..

If Teensafe's servers at Amazon are got at, wouldn't that only be the email addresses i the database itself of the users using their OWN email only, and not others who are not using teensafe, nor never have ?

Although you would use iMessage, its still their own AppleID that is used