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Bloke gets hacked big style.Google, Twitter, Aoole ID, iPhone, iPad, MacBook wiped
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Originally posted by scottr View PostMelodramatic muppet. He's lucky they didn't do a great deal more damage.
He's a journalist, he's hyped up a situation that he brought upon himself.Comment
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ably assisted by a wide open security model supplied by the fanbois favourite vendor.
you would have thought that Apple would have run their security systems by a few experts before allowing remote wipe and chaining.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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In short, the very four digits (of a credit card number) that Amazon considers unimportant enough to display in the clear on the web are precisely the same ones that Apple considers secure enough to perform identity verification.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by scottr View PostMelodramatic muppet. He's lucky they didn't do a great deal more damage.They could have used my e-mail accounts to gain access to my online banking, or financial serviceBehold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postably assisted by a wide open security model supplied by the fanbois favourite vendor.
Originally posted by vetran View Postyou would have thought that Apple would have run their security systems by a few experts before allowing remote wipe and chaining.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostDunno what online banking he's using but I need a lot more than e.mail to get at mine.
Not sure if they have improved it.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostYes, you'd expect better than that from Amazon and Apple.
Ah, just Apple getting the blame is it? Despite the fact that it was only Amazon's ludicrously insecure procedures that allowed them to hack Apple's system as the second step in the process?
Now if they had been able to order a £100k of porn and deliver to another address then Amazon might have been in a worse state. But they didn't.
Apple only allowed them to remotely own all his apple devices.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Secure your digital self: auditing your cloud identity
Ars Technica: Secure your digital self: auditing your cloud identityBehold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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