Earlier this week an allegedly Egyptian hacker calling himself ViruS_HimA hacked into an Adobe serve..
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A system relying on security through obscurity may have theoretical or actual security vulnerabilities, but its owners or designers believe that the flaws are not known, and that attackers are unlikely to find them. The basis of STO has always been to run your system on a “need to know” basis. If a person doesn’t know how to do something which could impact system security, then s/he isn’t dangerous. The technique stands in contrast with security by design.
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You too can get into somebody's locked iPhone, particularly if you have a prehensile tail and don't mind (almost) placing a phony emergency call. Which you a) probably don't and b) hopefully do.
But as Macworld noted, this isn't the first time Apple has had to grapple with an iPhone password security flaw.
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Second iPhone passcode hack vulnerability discovered.
You too can get into somebody's locked iPhone, particularly if you have a prehensile tail and don't mind (almost) placing a phony emergency call. Which you a) probably don't and b) hopefully do.
But as Macworld noted, this isn't the first time Apple has had to grapple with an iPhone password security flaw. Second iPhone passcode hack vulnerability discovered via @knolinfos http://sco.lt/... Delete the scoop?
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Encrypted storage, malware scanners, missing-phone-finders and more: Here are 20 apps to help protect your smartphone, your privacy and your data.
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