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This is a really bad piece. The alarmist tone is not appropriate. News flash: when you give a stranger your phone, they have access to your phone! The hyperb

This is a really bad piece. The alarmist tone is not appropriate. News flash: when you give a stranger your phone, they have access to your phone! The hyperbole is shady. I like some of troy's work, but this post just further exacerbates the "Chicken Little" stereotype of Security Advocates.

Hasknewbie 10y ago
Although I find the title and tone of the piece a bit meh, he still had a point: Apple is targeting non-tech users who are not familiar with backups, let alone infosec. It is Apple's responsibility to ensure the safety of the data they're asking for, which as the Brisbane news he's pointing to indicates, they're not doing.
- ghostly_s 10y ago
  'A bit meh'? This might be the most hyperbolic headline I've seen on here in years. The users Apple is 'targeting' (an odd choice of words; most would use 'customers' here) mostly don't do anything so sensitive with their phones that they need to worry about bad actors within the company which sold them their phone in the first place. In the rare instance where some Apple tech starts stealing nude photos or credit cards, they will be fired, probably prosecuted, and the customer will recover. Big whoop.
  - Houshalter 10y ago
    Linked in the article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/apple-store-photo-ring-scandal-in-brisbane-privacy-commissioner-weighs-in-20161013-gs1d83.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/apple-store-photo... >The Australian privacy commissioner will call on technology giant Apple to explain reports of staff stealing, sharing and ranking of customers' explicit photos. I have no idea why people think this is a crazy hypothetical. Of course some techs will look at your nude photos. And in this case, copy them, post them online, and rate them.
sundvor 10y ago
I am with the OP on this one; there's a lot of things they could have done to diagnose the device whilst preserving the safety of his data. Also there was a recent case he linked to in his tweet where Apple employees were lifting personal images off their customers' phones... Troy has done some excellent work on security and I for one applaud his attitude.

Hasknewbie 10y ago

Although I find the title and tone of the piece a bit meh, he still had a point: Apple is targeting non-tech users who are not familiar with backups, let alone infosec. It is Apple's responsibility to ensure the safety of the data they're asking for, which as the Brisbane news he's pointing to indicates, they're not doing.

ghostly_s 10y ago
'A bit meh'? This might be the most hyperbolic headline I've seen on here in years. The users Apple is 'targeting' (an odd choice of words; most would use 'customers' here) mostly don't do anything so sensitive with their phones that they need to worry about bad actors within the company which sold them their phone in the first place. In the rare instance where some Apple tech starts stealing nude photos or credit cards, they will be fired, probably prosecuted, and the customer will recover. Big whoop.
- Houshalter 10y ago
  Linked in the article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/apple-store-photo-ring-scandal-in-brisbane-privacy-commissioner-weighs-in-20161013-gs1d83.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/apple-store-photo... >The Australian privacy commissioner will call on technology giant Apple to explain reports of staff stealing, sharing and ranking of customers' explicit photos. I have no idea why people think this is a crazy hypothetical. Of course some techs will look at your nude photos. And in this case, copy them, post them online, and rate them.

sundvor 10y ago

I am with the OP on this one; there's a lot of things they could have done to diagnose the device whilst preserving the safety of his data. Also there was a recent case he linked to in his tweet where Apple employees were lifting personal images off their customers' phones... Troy has done some excellent work on security and I for one applaud his attitude.