09-02-2014, 08:59 PM
August West wrote:
I read that for a long time apple allowed unlimited tries to login on find my phone, allowing brute force attacks. Not an expert on iCloud, so I can't vouch for the veracity of that statement; I only sync by reminders and calendar.
Yep, not broken security per se but weak security. The fact that Apple quickly patched on 9/1 (when the proof of concept code was published on 8/30) didn't matter. The images were already out.