Why is it that everyone feels it necessary to refer to an AT&T website being hacked as an "iPad Breadh?" Is it because the word "iPad" generates hits and when it's about generating hits, accuracy takes a back seat?
iPad customers were effected by an AT&T security breach. AT&T apologizes to iPad 3g owners effected by AT&T security. Either of those statements is accurate.
There is no iPad security breach.
Heck, ABC News even reported literally that "Hackers have found a way to steal email addresses from iPads." Honestly, that's what they wrote. They go on to state that people are hacked after using their iPads to access the AT&T website and that the iPads are subsequently compromised afterwards.
The real story here isn't the actual AT&T flaw. Big deal. Crap like that happens all the time.
The real story is just how inaccurately this has been reported across the board, even by people that I once trusted, like engadget. The New York Times, Reuters, ABC News... just plain sad.
It makes you wonder about the validity of the stuff you don't understand.
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Why is it that everyone feels it necessary to refer to an AT&T website being hacked as an "iPad Breadh?" Is it because the word "iPad" generates hits and when it's about generating hits, accuracy takes a back seat?
iPad customers were effected by an AT&T security breach. AT&T apologizes to iPad 3g owners effected by AT&T security. Either of those statements is accurate.
There is no iPad security breach.
Heck, ABC News even reported literally that "Hackers have found a way to steal email addresses from iPads." Honestly, that's what they wrote. They go on to state that people are hacked after using their iPads to access the AT&T website and that the iPads are subsequently compromised afterwards.
The real story here isn't the actual AT&T flaw. Big deal. Crap like that happens all the time.
The real story is just how inaccurately this has been reported across the board, even by people that I once trusted, like engadget. The New York Times, Reuters, ABC News... just plain sad.
It makes you wonder about the validity of the stuff you don't understand.