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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by efaref on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:32AM (#20093368)
iCloud leaks?
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by atticmanatee on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:54AM (#20093480)
That was a hack, not them selling your info for the highest bidder.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by basch on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @11:44AM (#20096082)
Is password reuse and phishing hacking now? The software wasnt vulnerable the wetware was.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by mqbqi on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:02AM (#20093522)
And also they didn't hack iCloud, they hacked the accounts of those users.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by tty2300 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:15AM (#20093579)
Which most likely means someone downloaded a leaked database of another website and logged in to icloud because everyone reuses passwords.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by donarb on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:59PM (#20096910)
No, they were able to hack accounts by knowing personal details about celebrities and guessing the passwords.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by joaomacp on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:39AM (#20093400)
This is not being talked about enough.

Have people already forgot about The Fappening?

It was one of the nastiest privacy failures for tech companies. I'm impressed with how fast public opinion can change.

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