Today many learned that some 114,000 Apple iPad owners may have had their email addresses compromized because of a feature in the service provided by AT&T. As an IT consultant I am always concerned when my clients say "Can you make it so I don't have to do ... every time I use the ..." Often these requests relate to the entry of user IDs and passwords.
The Apple/AT&T incident does not represent, in my opinion, a significant security breach. Rather it's another example of security and privacy v. convenience. Let me say this "do you remember the last time you went to the movies and left your keys in the car, the engine running and the driver door slightly open so you would have to ...
The Little Feature That Led to AT&T's iPad Security Breach
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After the disastrous move by the County Executive and the Republican Majority to close half of the police precincts in Nassau County, the Democratic caucus was successful in pushing Ed Mangano's back against the wall so that he gave us a signed guarantee that there would not be one less patrol car in any neighborhood. The agreement additionally stated that there would be more law enforcement personnel in all of the policing centers.
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