George Garofano has been sentenced to prison for his part in hacking into and stealing personal images from 240 iCloud accounts.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Forcing iPhone unlock violates Fifth Amendment, says Court of Appeals
Police want to unlock the iPhone of a woman who accused a man of rape after it was alleged that she was actually stalking him.
Air Canada resets 1.7 million accounts after app breach
Air Canada has been forced to issue a password reset for all 1.7 million users of its Android, iOS and BlackBerry mobile app after up to 20,000 accounts were compromised by hackers last week.
Why Yahoo scanning user email is no cause for panic
The Wall Street Journal yesterday published an unsettling report that the owner of Yahoo, Verizon subsidiary Oath, has been quietly analysing the emails of its 200 million users to sell to advertisers.
Hacked stalking app reveals victims’ photos, texts and location info
Another mobile stalking app has been hacked, endangering both its customers and the victims that they spy on.
Football team drops the privacy ball with email Cc blunder
But at least now you know how to get in touch with people who might have an extra ticket…
Facebook: It’s too tough to find personal data in our huge warehouse
GDPR: it means give users their data when they ask for it, and Facebook’s refusal to do so has provoked an inquiry by the Irish DPC.
Tumblr outlaws creepshots and deepfake porn
The blogging site wants to go back to a simpler time, where, it says, people were a lot nicer … and didn’t glorify gore and upskirting.
Listening Watch sounds out security idea with websites that listen
Listening Watch, a project based on earlier work by researchers Prakash Shrestha and Nitesh Saxena, uses the power of sound to log you into your favourite websites.
Woman sues US border patrol over data copied from seized iPhone
The Muslim American wants assurances that the data – including photos of her not wearing a hijab – are deleted.