iPhone / iPod touch users - beware of security concerns when selling
Feb 16, 2010 | 5:41 pm
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iPhone / iPod touch users - beware of security concerns when selling
I got a couple used iPod Touches and iPhones, and lo and behold was I surprised when I wiped them, set up my iTunes profiles and apps on them, that I found out certain user information from previous users appeared on a few apps.
First of all - Pandora - even if you wipe the iPhone, if you reinstall, the app is tied to the UDID of the device. So imagine my surprise when I found out the brand new Pandora app I installed had another user's email account info.
Same thing with Xynga poker.
Here's a good thread on this practice: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=741700
MAKE SURE YOU LOG OUT OF ALL APPLICATIONS BEFORE WIPING, so you don't have this issue when selling the device. It's a pain in the rear arse, but you can thank Steve Jobs and the Apple store for this.
It's always funny to me how people believe that by using Apple products, macs, etc, they're invulnerable to security concerns.
Here's an interesting article: http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune....n_bin&hpt=Sbin
It's ironic when Microsoft puts Apple to shame in security practices... if only the Apple koolaid drinkers knew the truth... 
First of all - Pandora - even if you wipe the iPhone, if you reinstall, the app is tied to the UDID of the device. So imagine my surprise when I found out the brand new Pandora app I installed had another user's email account info.
Same thing with Xynga poker.
Here's a good thread on this practice: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=741700
MAKE SURE YOU LOG OUT OF ALL APPLICATIONS BEFORE WIPING, so you don't have this issue when selling the device. It's a pain in the rear arse, but you can thank Steve Jobs and the Apple store for this.
It's always funny to me how people believe that by using Apple products, macs, etc, they're invulnerable to security concerns.
Here's an interesting article: http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune....n_bin&hpt=Sbin
Security. Microsoft (MSFT) put a lot of effort into building strong malware protection into Windows 7 because its operating system is under constant attack. Apple users don't fret nearly as much about Mac OS X malware because there is so little of it. Gruber doesn't care which OS is intrinsically more secure, but he is increasingly worried about Apple's sluggish response to its own publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. For example, it took Apple 75 days to respond to a hole in Open SSL — the open-source encryption system that is supposed to protect credit card data from getting loose on the Internet — even though the vulnerability was made public last September. "It happens again and again," says Gruber. Apple is the last vendor to respond, when it ought to be the first. Of the companies that use Open SSL — and Microsoft pointedly does not — Apple is the biggest.
Feb 16, 2010 | 8:49 pm
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I have had some issues with my blackberry, and have had several refurbished models sent to me as things go crazy with them...
The last one had a pandora account already, (yes the device appeared to be wiped) so its not just an issue with Apple.
The last one had a pandora account already, (yes the device appeared to be wiped) so its not just an issue with Apple.