The
Fappening of September 2014 was the single greatest security lapse in the
history of Apple that is still haunting them to this very day as noted in the
article “Apple:
Celeb photo attack was targeted, not widespread breach”, published
September 2, 2014 12:27 PM PDT by Shara Tibken, CNET
News and “iCloud
Data Breach: Hacking And Celebrity Photos”, published 9/02/2014 @ 3:00AM by Dave Lewis, Forbes.
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Despite
being due to a weak Secret Question Option when you’re forgotten your password
for iCloud and Celebrities giving out too much personal information, it happened
to celebrities, who have a very strong presence in both Traditional and Social
Media.
Folks,
this and other reasons are why I'm still on the fence as it relates to getting
a smartphone as explained in my blog article
entitled “The
Reason why I don't like Smartphones - Location Privacy and How to disable
Location Services on Android and iOS”.
Apple
soon had to adjust their security and their reality lens with a drop in Apple iCloud
prices within that very same month as report in my blog article
entitled “US$19.99
1TB Cloud thanks to Apple iCloud Price Drop – Apple iCloud for Windows out to
counter Bad Press from Celebrity Hacking”.
They've
also had to give away free Apple iWorks for iCloud Beta to entice users of
Apple iCloud for Windows to take an interest in iCloud, touting it as a way to
have a portable Word Processor in the Cloud as noted in my MICO Wars blog article
entitled “Apple
iWorks for iCloud Beta now Free for Windows, Linux OS and Google Chrome OS”.
So
Apple iCloud usage isn’t dead, despite the prevalence of Cheaper Cloud Storage
from the likes of Box, Dropbox, and Microsoft OneDrive as explained in my MICO Wars blog article
entitled “How
Dropbox users and Bing Search users can get Free 100GB Microsoft OneDrive Cloud
Storage”.
Aftermath of the Apple
iCloud Fappening - How the Hipster Trend towards Flip Cellphones, Vinyl Records
and Polaroid
It
also resulted in a boost in otherwise forgotten Technologies that the Hipster
Trend has been reviving, such as Vinyl Records as recorded in my blog article
entitled “Statista
projecting Vinyl Records to breach 7 million Sold – Vinyl Record Pressing
Renaissance by Hipsters for owning all things Luddite”.
In
fact, all physical storage media for music, including CD's and Blu-Ray are
slowly making a comeback according to the latest statistics from the RIAA
(Recording Industry Association of America) as noted in my blog article
entitled “@RIAA
says Streaming beating CD Sales - Why HD
Audio Physical Digital Music comeback progresses as Piracy is the Problem”.
Flip cellphone have seen a revival by American Celebrities fearing another Apple iCloud hack as noted in my blog article entitled “Celebrities Return of the Flip Phones - Flip-Force Awakening Thanks to Fappening Herald Smaller Smartphones and Smartwatch phones”.
Analog
photography has also been on the rise as well, with one Brand, Polaroid, making
a comeback as Celebrities try to find ways of taking photographs and making
them personal as explained in my blog article
entitled “Polaroid
Comeback as Analog Photography back in Vogue - US Millennials taking Polaroid
Pictures as Privacy-loving Fappening Celebrities go Retro”.
So
much so that I did an article on the US$130 Polaroid Zip Mobile Printer that is
proving quite popular with Americans wanting to take Polaroids with their
smartphones as explained in my MICO
Wars blog article entitled “US$130
Polaroid Zip Mobile Printer – Instant Polaroid Nostalgia that’s Hacker-proof”.
How to enable the Apple
iCloud TSV using Apple ID – Padlock and burglar Bar for your Online Accounts
Despite
this, the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus has persevered, being one of the hottest
sellers in US of A and Europe in the First Quarter of 2015 according to analyst
Kantar Worldpanel as detailed in my blog article
entitled “Apple
iPhone 6 ahead in Q1 of 2015 based on @K_Worldpanel Stats - Phablets are hot as
Apple Watch Summer Storm coming”, taking advantage of the current
popularity of Phablets.
Helps
to know too that Apple iPhones are now the least stolen smartphones in the world
as noted since September 2013 as noted in my blog article
entitled “Apple
iPhone thefts down 50% in London - How Activation Lock prevents Apple iPhone
theft as CTIA moves towards Killswitch”.
This
is thanks to the introduction of the Activation Lock which requires you to
enter your Apple ID in order to unlock your Apple iPhone 5S to current models
before you can reset it. Thieves are less likely to steal your Apple iPhone and
similar features now exist in Google Android Lollipop and Microsoft Windows
Phone smartphones.
But
if you still have qualms about your Apple iCloud being hacked, then you can add
an extra layer of protection in the form of TSV (Two Step Verification) using
your Apple ID as that extra layer as explained in the article “Staying
Safe And How To Disable Apple iCloud”, published 9/01/2014 by Gordon Kelly,
Forbes.
The
procedure for enable TSV is as follows:
1.
Go to My Apple ID
2.
Select ‘Manage your Apple ID and sign in’
3.
Select ‘Password and Security’
4.
Select ‘Get Started’ under ‘Two-Step
Verification’ and follow the onscreen instructions
Once
this is enabled TSV will be applied to your Apple iCloud. This may be an extra
inconvenience to have to enter two (2) logins and passwords to access your
Apple iCloud, but you’ll sleep a lot better knowing that your nude pictures are
safe and sound in the Cloud.
Trust
me, you don’t have to delete your Apple iCloud Account. Also, it wouldn't hurt
to enable TSV for your other Cloud and Social Media Accounts as well. Stay safe
in the Cloud my friends.
Here's
the link:
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