Another week. Another privacy debacle.This time, Apple is to blame. Yes, the company that has promoted itself as more private and secure than the other guys, with its stringent app approval process, has actually been handing out people’s address books as if they were sausage samples on a toothpick at the supermarket.Next week there will be another privacy slip. And again the week after. Like the movie “Groundhog Day,” where the day repeats itself. Where the day repeats itself. Where the day repeats … you get the point.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/disruptions-and-the-privacy-gaps-just-keep-on-coming/
Disruptions: And the Privacy Gaps Just Keep On Coming
Another week. Another privacy debacle. This time, Apple is to blame. Yes, the company that has promoted itself as more private and secure than the other guys, with its stringent app approval process, has actually been handing out people’s address books as if they were sausage samples on a toothpick at the supermarket.