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by wannabcodr
2484 days ago
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From about 2016-2018 I was wondering why my iMessages became fodder for strangers to parrot back to me at coffee shops in the small USA town in which I was living. Of course, I explored the idea that the other parties of these iMessage conversations (usually thousands of miles away with no apparent connection to people in my locale) had somehow betrayed me. This was likely not the case, as I confronted those parties and they adamantly denied discussing or sharing our conversations. It’s likely that my devices were owned and on display for hackers in my local community. This article is a reminder of the trauma experienced as a result of the paranoia and mistrust I experienced, and a reminder that we are not to trust our consumer devices to really care about our privacy. If Apple cared about user security they’d build robust defenses into the devices that empower the end user to have a degree of confidence regarding security. Instead, the iPhone on which I’m typing could be at this time could be 100% owned and leaking data in real time and I’m afforded no visual indication of that possibility. The camera and microphone could be hot and transmitting and Apple refuses to offer any way to confirm this in a robust, hardware-visual, unhackable way. That computer camera activity led’s can be hacked (or could be in previous iterations) is indicative of the level of irresponsibility going on. The blob that is the combination of a modem that interacts with cell towers, and the vastly complex computer tied to it, affords zero insight into what the phone is doing or whether it is betraying me. And, such privacy breaches are enough to ruin lives. World is full of malicious folks who enjoy hurting others if they can get away with it. |
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- how did they know your name / for whom to look up these hacked messages? - how did they know where to find these hacked messages? - why would they reveal their ability to watch your every move by repeating your private messages? - even if they had all of these capabilities and no shame about letting you know, why on earth would they care enough to look at your messages?
The scenario you’re convinced happened sounds completely bizarre, and gives me some strong Terry Davis vibes (no disrespect to him - that’s the person he became due to his illness).