Jennifer Lawrence photo hack highlights risks of cloud
Found on New Scientist on Monday, 01 September 2014
A massive leak of intimate pictures from a raft of celebrity cloud-based image storage accounts has raised questions about how much we know about cloud security.
An Apple spokesman declined to comment on the matter but the company is thought to be actively investigating any potential breach of its systems.
It should be common sense: if you give your data to someone else, you're increasing the chances for unallowed access. If you don't want to risk having your embarrassing pictures exposed, don't put them "into the cloud", what is nothing but a new buzzword for "Internet". People pick comfort over security though, so this will happen again. Or, it's just a PR stunt to get back into the news. Or so law enforcement can justify more monitoring.