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CNET News - CNET News - Just how safe are iCloud and other online services?

2014-09-02
as photos of nude actresses hit the internet stars are vowing legal action while others wonder how they can protect themselves the best theory is that some hackers they just sort of use brute force right like they just tried and tried and tried to hack individual user names and passwords it's believed the compromising images were stolen from iCloud accounts Apple storage service boasts more than 320 million users but they aren't required to enable the feature your device will prompt you to set up iCloud before you just say yes to everything think about whether or not you want to store your photos to make those adjustments on your device go to settings and choose iCloud Dropbox Google Drive box Evernote and onedrive are a few of the other services that have become vital for both business and personal use but users should still be thoughtful about what they upload to the cloud the second your information leaves your device and goes up to another computer in the cloud there is a small possibility that it can be intercepted use best practices like two-factor authentication which basically means that you have to have a physical device with a special code on it in order to get past the username and password settings if you find yourself in the same boat as Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna act immediately when you change your passwords you change them to different passwords for all major services and the most important one is your bank many of hackers are hunting for more valuable information access to your finances in San Francisco I'm see me das cnet.com for CBS News
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