iPhones secretly send call history to Apple, security firm says
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Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification.
But I'm sure *they* would never misuse that data, right?
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Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification.
But I'm sure *they* would never misuse that data, right?
Kent Sharkey wrote:
if iCloud is enabled
At least is something I don't have to worry about. :)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification.
But I'm sure *they* would never misuse that data, right?
That's why I disable every Cloud-something in every product I own. Cortana, Steam cloud, Origin cloud... my data reside on my machine, Internet shortage don't cost me functionality EVER (my country has 40% of surface not covered by broadband and part of the population can't ahve the phone line either so the possibility of ending up without connection for months or years is always at the door) and noone can put its silmy hands on the data I don't explicitly share.
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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That's why I disable every Cloud-something in every product I own. Cortana, Steam cloud, Origin cloud... my data reside on my machine, Internet shortage don't cost me functionality EVER (my country has 40% of surface not covered by broadband and part of the population can't ahve the phone line either so the possibility of ending up without connection for months or years is always at the door) and noone can put its silmy hands on the data I don't explicitly share.
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
den2k88 wrote:
Steam cloud,
This is the exception in my case. But I don't have any personal / economical data inside. I only play free games there. The few games I have bought, I installed them from CD / DVD, no need of cloud.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification.
But I'm sure *they* would never misuse that data, right?
Kent Sharkey wrote:
But I'm sure *they* would never misuse that data, right?
I mean, in itself the feature is actually nice. Just recently bought a new phone, restored the previous phone's iCloud backup to it and instead of the call list being empty I can see all the calls made on the previous device. I would assume this is the intended scenario for the feature and not "theft". Maybe I'm just naive though. On the other hand I have just checked the backup settings and there is indeed no switch to indicate this is going to happen, which is somewhat worrisome.
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
But I'm sure *they* would never misuse that data, right?
I mean, in itself the feature is actually nice. Just recently bought a new phone, restored the previous phone's iCloud backup to it and instead of the call list being empty I can see all the calls made on the previous device. I would assume this is the intended scenario for the feature and not "theft". Maybe I'm just naive though. On the other hand I have just checked the backup settings and there is indeed no switch to indicate this is going to happen, which is somewhat worrisome.
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