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IDemo

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8. Apple appears to have found and fixed the bug in this case, but..

Reply to Savannahmann (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 09:47 AM

Sep 2014

The media, including the tech media, have been remarkably quiet about a possibly much greater vulnerability revealed in iDevices recently:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/21/ios_firmware_contains_packet_sniffer_and_host_of_secret_spying_tools/

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So how did Hackers get pictures from 101 Celebs? [View all] Savannahmann Sep 2014 OP

Apple fucked up. conservaphobe Sep 2014 #1

Impossible, Apple products are perfect. nt tridim Sep 2014 #3

LOL! Fawke Em Sep 2014 #6

Any device connected to a network is automatically imperfect. conservaphobe Sep 2014 #7

You 'honestly believe' without a shred of evidence. randome Sep 2014 #2

Speculation and Government Agency Blaming MineralMan Sep 2014 #4

Not that it negates or diminishes your point in any way, but I thought the Russian hacker thing djean111 Sep 2014 #5

It is, but everyone treats it as truth. FSogol Sep 2014 #9

Apple appears to have found and fixed the bug in this case, but.. IDemo Sep 2014 #8

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