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migtig

migtig

aka Mrs. Giant
ipad? iphone? ipod?

Hmmm....then maybe you should know

"To cap off a summer of devastating corporate data breaches, hackers yesterday posted online what might be the crown jewel of 2012 data dumps: 1 million identification numbers for Apple iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch's, all purportedly stolen from the FBI.

There may also be an additional 11 million Apple device IDs yet to be released, many with users' full names, addresses and telephone numbers attached."

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prophet0621

New Member
Wow, I didn't hear about that. Goes to show that the only really secure computer (device) is one locked in a room and still in the box.

Nope, don't have one though, Apple will never get a dime of my money. Hate their products, their controlling practices, and business practice.
 
FreedomFan

FreedomFan

Snarky 'ol Cuss
I still wanna know what the fibbies were doing with 12 millions records of info. I think I know, but I want their comment on this.
 
GWguy

GWguy

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Not directly related, but similar:

The guy who did most of the design work on the iPads left Apple and has marketed a new thermostat. Lowes carries it. It is really an ingenious device, intelligent, smart looking, typical Apple.

However, to take full advantage of the capabilities, you have to create an account on a remote server system and work thru it. Everything you do remotely is store/forwarded. Who controls that information? Do they sell it? Will that info be available to the gov't for research into typical home energy use? Can someone glean your home patterns and figure out when you are not home based on thermostat settings? Is the information encrypted as it passes from your handheld to the thermostat?

WAY too many open-ended questions for me. I was considering one, but I like to keep a low profile.

Nest | The Learning Thermostat | Home
 
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EmptyTimCup

Guest
Apple UDIDs leaked by Anonymous came from Florida

Apple UDIDs leaked by Anonymous came from Florida firm, not FBI

Summary: Apple didn't cough up its users' device unique identifier codes to the FBI, nor did the FBI's poor security lead to the codes leaking to the Web. Apparently -- get this -- the hackers lied.​


A small Florida-based publishing firm told NBC News in an exclusive interview that it was in fact the source of the million-record database of unique Apple device identification numbers that were leaked by hackers associated with Anonymous last week.

The admission by the publishing company's chief executive, BlueToad's Paul DeHart, contradicts claims made by the hacktivist collective that it stole the codes from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and exonerating Apple from claims it gave the device codes to the federal law enforcement unit.

DeHart said there was a "98 percent correlation" between its own database of device codes to the ones leaked by the hackers on September 3.

"That's 100 percent confidence level, it's our data," DeHart told the news agency.

To recap:

AntiSec hackers, a loose-knit group associated with the wider Anonymous collective, claimed last week that it had pilfered more than 12 million Apple iPhone and iPad device identifiers from a FBI laptop. The group then posted 1 million and one device codes to Pastebin, often used by hackers to share exploits and developers to share code alike.

iPhone and iPad unique device identifier (UDID) are often used by developers for analytics, but they can also be used to identify users through surveillance and arguably risk users' privacy.

The FBI swiftly said there was "no evidence" to suggest the data had been stolen from one of the bureau's computers. Questions remained open to whether or not the FBI were telling the whole story, or if Apple had handed over the data as per a law enforcement request.
 
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