名人裸照事件是蘋(píng)果的錯(cuò)嗎？
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????讓蘋(píng)果（Apple）十分沮喪的是，iCloud名流裸照泄露事件就像長(zhǎng)了超模的長(zhǎng)腿一樣傳得飛快。 ????科技記者正在從交易這些照片的“瘋狂地沉迷于名流裸照和色情報(bào)復(fù)的亞文化群”中尋找蛛絲馬跡。英國(guó)小報(bào)正在積極地探尋“始作俑者”，即發(fā)布這些照片的黑客。而與倫敦新聞界類(lèi)似的網(wǎng)絡(luò)界，也在炮制各種能夠歸為“蘋(píng)果安全問(wèn)題”的報(bào)道——無(wú)論它們到底有多不相干。最新的一篇相關(guān)報(bào)道來(lái)自明星八卦網(wǎng)站Gawker：《伊娃?朗格利亞稱(chēng)蘋(píng)果“追星族”員工盜竊了她的個(gè)人信息。》（Eva Longoria Says Star-Struck Apple Employees Stole Her Information） ????與此同時(shí)，蘋(píng)果在周二發(fā)布了一篇字斟句酌的媒體公告。隱私專(zhuān)家們對(duì)其進(jìn)行了仔細(xì)審讀，試圖從字里行間找出蘋(píng)果干了卻沒(méi)公之于眾的事。 ????公告的節(jié)選內(nèi)容如下： ????“在經(jīng)歷了40多個(gè)小時(shí)的調(diào)查后，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在這次針對(duì)性地破解用戶(hù)名、密碼和安全問(wèn)題的攻擊中，某些明星的賬戶(hù)被黑客盜用……目前調(diào)查過(guò)的此次受影響的賬戶(hù)，無(wú)一是因?yàn)閕Cloud或Find my iPhone等蘋(píng)果系統(tǒng)的漏洞所致……為了保護(hù)用戶(hù)免受類(lèi)似的攻擊，我們建議所有用戶(hù)設(shè)置高強(qiáng)度密碼，并激活兩步驗(yàn)證功能。”（我的重點(diǎn)） ????文中的“漏洞”這個(gè)詞用得很有藝術(shù)性。如果你將詹妮弗?勞倫斯用來(lái)儲(chǔ)存照片的iCloud賬戶(hù)看作上鎖的保險(xiǎn)箱，那么就是有人用鑰匙（她的用戶(hù)名和密碼）直接闖了進(jìn)去。他們沒(méi)有對(duì)電腦做類(lèi)似于大錘破墻或是從天花板吊下來(lái)之類(lèi)的舉動(dòng)。 ????從Unix安全領(lǐng)域的專(zhuān)業(yè)術(shù)語(yǔ)來(lái)看，蘋(píng)果公司的聲明等于是說(shuō)：勞倫斯的賬戶(hù)被黑客破解了，這不關(guān)蘋(píng)果的事。 ????“保護(hù)”也有一些站不住腳。盡管蘋(píng)果推薦用戶(hù)激活兩步驗(yàn)證功能，但并未就此做出硬性規(guī)定，而且安裝相關(guān)工具也并不方便。此外，蘋(píng)果還傳達(dá)了關(guān)于iCloud和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的錯(cuò)誤信息：這是一個(gè)危險(xiǎn)的地方，充滿(mǎn)了討厭的人。 ????此外，我們也不能完全肯定兩步驗(yàn)證能否防止那些R級(jí)和X級(jí)的自拍照流出。網(wǎng)絡(luò)的陰暗角落中，滿(mǎn)是擁有警用級(jí)別的黑客工具的人，只要他們拿到了iCloud用戶(hù)名和密碼，就能下載任何人的照片流。 ????問(wèn)題的關(guān)鍵在于，蘋(píng)果應(yīng)當(dāng)對(duì)iCloud上發(fā)生的這一切負(fù)多大責(zé)任——不僅是對(duì)這些好萊塢名流，還對(duì)所有那些不夠聰明，將密碼泄露給來(lái)路不明的陌生電子郵件的用戶(hù)。 ????不論是巧合還是有意，這一事件可能會(huì)讓蘋(píng)果面臨最糟糕的時(shí)刻——馬上蘋(píng)果就將舉行大型的媒體發(fā)布會(huì)，屆時(shí)或許將推出新的支付系統(tǒng)，但這得建立在顧客相信公司能夠保證他們財(cái)物安全的基礎(chǔ)上。 ????看看iCloud名流裸照泄露事件中的反對(duì)者怎么說(shuō)吧，這一段來(lái)自《每日郵報(bào)》（Daily Mail）：“公眾擔(dān)憂(yōu)的是自己隱私遭竊的事件被如此輕描淡寫(xiě)地帶過(guò)了。這讓人們感到恐懼：擁有數(shù)百萬(wàn)用戶(hù)的iCloud對(duì)任何人而言，都不是一個(gè)儲(chǔ)存敏感信息的安全之處?！?/p> ????周三收盤(pán)時(shí)，蘋(píng)果的股價(jià)為98.94美元，較之周二的最高價(jià)103.30美元下跌了4.36美元。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)） ????譯者：嚴(yán)匡正 |
????Much to Apple’s dismay, the nude-celebs-on-the-iCloud story has legs like a supermodel. ????Tech reporters are filing dispatches from the “crazy, obsessive subculture of celebrity nudes and revenge porn” where such photos are exchanged. British tabloids are in hot pursuit of “Original Guy,” the hacker who took credit for posting the current crop. And the Web equivalent of Fleet Street is trotting out any story — no matter how irrelevant — that can be filed under the “Apple security” slug. The latest from Gawker: Eva Longoria Says Star-Struck Apple Employees Stole Her Information. ????Meanwhile, the carefully crafted media advisory Apple issued Tuesday is being scrutinized by privacy experts for what it did and didn’t say. ????The operative bits: ????After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions… None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone… To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification.” (emphases mine) ????“Breach” in this context is a term of art. If you think of the iCloud account where Jennifer Lawrence stored her photos as a locked vault, someone got into it with the key (her login and password). They didn’t do the computer equivalent of sledgehammering through a wall or dropping in through the ceiling panels. ????What the company saying, in the technical language of Unix security, is that Lawrence got hacked, not Apple. ????“Protect” is also a little squishy. While Apple’s two-step verification is recommended, it’s not required, not that easy to install and from Apple’s point of view sends the wrong message about iCloud and the Internet: That it’s a dangerous place full of unsavory people. ????Moreover, it’s not at all clear that two-step verification would have kept those R- and X-rated selfies from getting out. The dark corners of the Web are filled with guys with police-grade hacking tools who can, given an iCloud login and password, download just about anybody’s photo stream. ????The issue, at heart, is to what extent Apple is responsible for everything that happens on iCloud — not just to Hollywood celebrities, but to any user foolish enough to offer up their passwords to unsolicited e-mails from people they don’t know. ????By accident or design, the issue has come to a head at the worst possible time for Apple — a week before a major media event at which Apple is expected to unveil a new payment system that depends on customers trusting the company to keep their money safe. ????“Worringly for the general public,” reads the kicker in typical nude-celebs-on-iCloud story, this one in the Daily Mail, “is how simple the posters make their privacy theft seem — and raises the frightening prospect that Apple’s iCloud used by millions is not safe for anyone to store sensitive information on.” ????Apple shares closed Wednesday at $98.94, down $4.36 (4.22%) following Tuesday’s all-time high of $103.30. |
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