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"The inside story of how hackers destroyed Mat Honan's digital life"
Reply to: by Lomifeh
There is enough blame to go around.
1. Amazon allowed an unauthorized user to add a CC to the account, then use that CC to gain access to the account fully.
2. Apple allowed an unathorized user to bypass the security questions to get access to the account.
3. The user, Mat Honan in this case, did not properly secure his data against loss.
Amazon and Apple need to change and tighten their policies. Really the Amazon bit surprises me the most because of how easy it was to do that. The Apple bit was about a a bad policy. They should rely on some other info not the CC.
Reply to: by Lomifeh
There is enough blame to go around.
1. Amazon allowed an unauthorized user to add a CC to the account, then use that CC to gain access to the account fully.
2. Apple allowed an unathorized user to bypass the security questions to get access to the account.
3. The user, Mat Honan in this case, did not properly secure his data against loss.
Amazon and Apple need to change and tighten their policies. Really the Amazon bit surprises me the most because of how easy it was to do that. The Apple bit was about a a bad policy. They should rely on some other info not the CC.