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Originally Posted by scottjl
hmm. that article just explains further what the app was stealing and about user notifications that most ignored. it's as bad as windows vista/7's UAC. they spammed users with so many notices people just wanted to shut it all off.
the hacked itunes accounts were exactly that, itunes accounts, they had nothing to do with iOS or iphone apps. to my knowledge not a single iOS application asks you for the details of your iTunes account and there is no way to get this information off of your iOS device. even apple's applications ask for your password when making purchases, so the information is not stored anywhere. and i highly doubt any application that asked for such information would be allowed to pass through apple's gatekeepers. a developer couldn't even come up with a plausible excuse for needing such information as apps have no data stored in the itunes store.
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UAC isn't really a bad thing though, users are just lazy given the chance. Anyone from a linux background will be used to authorising anything that makes changes to the system and understand the need for that. Windows users much less so hence the perceived annoyance of UAC. It is a good idea though, and given the fragmented nature of PC software it's the only real option short of only allowing a central controlled repository of software to be installed.
The walled garden is only as secure as the gatekeeper though, and even the most security clued up companies have been known to make mistakes.
The problems are still largely what was known as PIBKAC (problem is between keyboard and chair).
