Can we talk about the apparent iCloud break-in?

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It's a weakness in the "Find my iPhone" API which does not have protection against brute force:

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2014/09...aw-that-led-to-celebrity-photos-being-leaked/



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hollyshit, is this gonna be a big thing this week?
 
People need to be made aware of the risks of putting private pictures online, like we are made aware of the necessity to wear sunscreen, to brush our teeth, to eat well, etc. Nothing will change until pics of politicians are leaked.

Also, I'm getting old because I'm more interested in the leaks to see the houses rather than the Ts & As. Architecture porn is where I'm at.
 
This makes me think I should probably stop uploading my security camera feeds to OneDrive.. I'm definitely nude on several of the late evening ones.
 
This makes me think I should probably stop uploading my security camera feeds to OneDrive.. I'm definitely nude on several of the late evening ones.

Microsoft has been great with their security stuff. I have seen this shit happen with iCloud and DropBox and not once with OneDrive.
 
Now you can make that argument, but what about pre-iPhone age? BB is what most people used. And we never saw shit like this happen back then.

Blackberry didn't store photos in the cloud. You know who did? Sidekick, and that shit leaked. There were absolutely nude leaks from celebs with bad passwords back then.
 
So Apple didn't implement brute force protection on find my iPhone feature? Holy shit.

This is a multi billion dollar corporation and it didn't find the resources to implement this security feature? Jesus.
 
Knowing thousands of gross nerds are fapping to your nude pics must suck.
I hope the find some small consolation in sharing their misery among other celebs, and not having the spotlight pointed solely at any of them.
 
So Apple didn't implement brute force protection on find my iPhone feature? Holy shit.

This is a multi billion dollar corporation and it didn't find the resources to implement this security feature? Jesus.
It's not a matter of resources but rather a disgraceful oversight, not uncommon when you manage tens of interfaces for a single login.
 
So Apple didn't implement brute force protection on find my iPhone feature? Holy shit.

This is a multi billion dollar corporation and it didn't find the resources to implement this security feature? Jesus.

You mostly become a multi billion dollar company trough saving costs on the back of customers/employees/environment. Point in case, Apple.
 
You mostly become a multi billion dollar company trough saving costs on the back of customers/employees/environment. Point in case, Apple.
Or... you become a multi billion dollar by selling record breaking numbers of high ASP devices year in year out, on the back of impeccable brand image. Apple won't cheap out on something that can bite back as harsh as this does.
 
Lol. They'll take a PR hit, but come on. You guys are so overdramatic.

I don't mean "Apple will go bankrupt", but Apple will have a threat register somewhere, and "significant iCloud data leak affecting high profile individuals attracting widespread mainstream press coverage that is due to Apple negligence" will be near the top of that list, and therefore would be one of their "doomsday scenarios" because it is one of the worst things that could plausibly happen to them.
 
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