Comments on: The Pathetic Story of How To Hack a .Mac Account http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/ Apple and Macintosh from Lowe Tech Labs Sun, 20 May 2012 09:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Adam http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/#comment-371 Adam Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:30:26 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/#comment-371 I've had the same complaint. Not just about Apple, but a lot of tech places that deal with my data. I always ask very nicely and casually about their privacy policy and 99% of the time the person on the phone I'm talking to hasn't ever heard of one. I guess individuals need to be careful about what information they give out and how much they trust a company. I'm actually incredibly amazed that worked. I tried something similar with two companies I was a customer of where I forgot my password and no longer used the old E-mail address. One told me to create a new account (in which case I lost all the important information from my previous one), and the other guided me through a million security questions before finally resetting my password. I'm glad Apple isn't a bank. By the way, not to ask too ignorant a question, but what exactly is on an Apple Developer Connection account that would make someone want to hijack it? (I've personally only used it to download things like Xcode and Dashcode.) I’ve had the same complaint. Not just about Apple, but a lot of tech places that deal with my data. I always ask very nicely and casually about their privacy policy and 99% of the time the person on the phone I’m talking to hasn’t ever heard of one.

I guess individuals need to be careful about what information they give out and how much they trust a company.

I’m actually incredibly amazed that worked. I tried something similar with two companies I was a customer of where I forgot my password and no longer used the old E-mail address. One told me to create a new account (in which case I lost all the important information from my previous one), and the other guided me through a million security questions before finally resetting my password.

I’m glad Apple isn’t a bank.

By the way, not to ask too ignorant a question, but what exactly is on an Apple Developer Connection account that would make someone want to hijack it? (I’ve personally only used it to download things like Xcode and Dashcode.)

]]> By: Alex http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/#comment-364 Alex Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:17:47 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/#comment-364 Yeah, problems all over the news about .Mac/MobileMe going down as well as problems with activations of iPhones... both new and old due to the software update and everyone overloading the system. Yeah, problems all over the news about .Mac/MobileMe going down as well as problems with activations of iPhones… both new and old due to the software update and everyone overloading the system.

]]> By: Paul http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/#comment-350 Paul Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:31:10 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/07/09/the-pathetic-story-of-how-to-hack-a-mac-account/#comment-350 I have not had that experience, but I do have a .Mac account and the service was down last night and still down this morning, so Apple has a few sad issues to deal with. I have not had that experience, but I do have a .Mac account and the service was down last night and still down this morning, so Apple has a few sad issues to deal with.

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