In spite of how well received last night’s State of the Union was, Apple CEO Tim Cook still had harsh words for the Obama administration regarding encryption last night. Cook, who’s currently in favor of unbreakable encryption, offered the following statement: “The White House should come out and say ‘no backdoors’ Cook said. That would […]
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Following up a bit more on this, Apple on Tuesday updated its privacy policy web site, detailing items like its policy on encryption and changes related to iOS 9, such as the way it targets stories and advertising in its News app. “We knew coming in that building a personalized news product could be very […]
Some hackers just have no luck. Per CNET, one of the hackers in the group that snatched more than 100,000 iPad owner email addresses from AT&T’s servers was arrested Tuesday on felony drug charges after the FBI searched his Arkansas, US home. Andrew “Escher” Auernheimer was arrested by Fayetteville, Ark., police and was booked into […]
When embarrassingly hacked, call the FBI. Per Reuters, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that it has begun a probe into an AT&T security breach that exposed the email address of over 100,000 registered iPad owners. “The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation to address the potential […]