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Old 06-09-2010, 06:15 PM   #1
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BoingBoing: Report: AT&T security breach exposed 114k iPad users
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/09...-security.html

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If you own a cellular iPad, an AT&T web address has exposed your personal info to anyone wily enough to ping it, reports Ryan Tate at Gawker. Your email address, and a tracking ID unique your SIM card, were open to any who may have discovered the hole before it was closed.
Kudos to Boingboing for realizing this was an AT&T security breach.

Wonder if I'm on the list? :/
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Old 06-09-2010, 06:55 PM   #2
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Thankfully, the only people the information is useful to are spammers.

Unthankfully, they're most likely to use it.
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Old 06-09-2010, 06:56 PM   #3
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Yea they probably got my gmail account. Thanks AT&T.
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Old 06-09-2010, 07:24 PM   #4
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whoo. glad i have the wifi model. lol. thanks AT&T. idiots.
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Old 06-10-2010, 07:57 AM   #5
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WIFI model here, when I need 3G I just tether to my iPhone
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WIFI model here, when I need 3G I just tether to my iPhone
iPhone Spirit JB + MyWi... the only way to fly.

I still can't understand the appeal of $150 more for the device + more $/month for the 3G privilige. The iPad replaced my previously tethered laptop so this was the natural way to go for me.

This does make me wonder about iPhone personal data security though...
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When I need 3G I just go to a local restaurant with free wi-fi instead. I get some exercise in the process.

And I don't have to pay anything
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do you just order water?
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0...curity-breach/

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On Sunday evening, AT&T sent an e-mail to owners of the Apple 3G iPad notifying them of a security breach that was publicized early last week.

The e-mail, which was sent by Dorothy Attwood, a senior vice president and chief privacy officer at AT&T, explained that a number of iPad 3G owners’ e-mail addresses and private identification numbers known as an ICC-ID were made public through a breach in AT&T’s Web site. The company also apologized for the security error.
I did not get an email, so....good news I guess?
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This does make me wonder about iPhone personal data security though...
The hope is that when they fixed the bug that allowed this access for the iPad, they addressed any similar bugs affecting other devices in the same scripts.
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