Apple: Repair Techs Uploaded Her Nudes to Facebook

Discussion in 'privacy general' started by hawki, Jun 8, 2021.

  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her Nudes to Facebook

    Apple paid a woman millions to prevent a lawsuit, but it could have avoided all of this if she’d just been able to repair her own phone...

    In this case, the people who uploaded the photos and video worked for a company called Pegatron, which is a company Apple works with to do repairs...

    The case highlights the personal nature of our devices and the need for Apple to relinquish its repair monopoly and let us repair our own stuff..."

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkb...e-repair-techs-uploaded-her-nudes-to-facebook
     
  2. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    Holy crap, but shouldn't data be encrypted? She did became a milionaire though.
     
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