Re: Apple's faith-based security taking a hammering

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:40:22 EDT, Joel Esler said:
> My thought behind the whole thing is that iTunes accounts are getting hacked 
> by brute force of the password.

There are indications that at least some are being done via phishing, and there have
been complaints about the fact that iTunes passwords get cached - which means
that if you enter the iTunes password for one purpose and then your kid is playing
with the device, the app can zing you for a second transaction without the kid
having to enter the password again.

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