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AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by firebones »

antimatter15 wrote: post #18

One interesting thing I've found is that apparently 190 of those 1000001 people have named their devices "The Titanic", for that iTunes "The Titanic is syncing" pun. I'm curious if there's anything else interesting that might be found in this data.

I seem to see a disproportionate number of pro photographer accounts (grep for dot coms as device names) which might point to some commonality--some photo app? A quick search showed more female email addresses, but not sure if this is related to the source or if it is related to the likelihood of women using their email addresses as device names.

Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by kennywinker »

bestes wrote: post #100
panarky wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Openfeint shows that 'Obama' last played 'Fishing Fun 2' curl 'https://api.openfeint.com/users/for_device.xml?udid=c63e008e6271c3ac128eb6a242a9817528b6baef true 160 1479631313 165632 Fishing Fun 2 false Player 1479631313

Seriously? Personal info about the President was leaked? Not that this particular instance looks like a big deal. Doesn't the NSA secure the President's communication? That must be carrer-impacting-embarrassing for someone .

Personal information about someone who had their device name set to "Obama". Let's not get all crazy now.

Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by aw3c2 »

arn wrote: post #77
ajays wrote: post #72

What's an easy way to figure out the UDID of a device (without hooking it up to a Mac to sync)?

there's a bunch of UDID apps (free) that you can download from the App Store.

Don't iOS apps have the permission to use the internet without any hassle? In that case, I would assume by using such app, chances are, you are contributing to another entity's UDID collection.

Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by muppetman »

I can't believe with nearly 100 comments I appear to be the only one to call the whole story of how these were acquired into doubt.

I'm not saying that the FBI story isn't true, but so many comments here just assume it to be 100% factual - there's no evidence that it was taken from the FBI vs found on a USB Stick in the garbage.

It's a big story, yes, but I think maybe a deep breath is in order before we all accuse the FBI of leaking/losing/stealthily acquiring something!

(I'm not a US Citizen, btw)

Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by lostlogin »

wtn wrote: post #52
arn wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm presuming the FBI got the database from an App Developer. Not that the FBI released a popular iOS app.

The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid http://blog.instapaper.com/post/6830514157

I couldn't even guess the episode, but Marco has stated on is 5by5 podcast that he doesn't collect user information and only dips into user information grudgingly. I'd be surprised if this came from him as according to his statements he finds holding any user information that could be described as private unpleasant. This is all based on recollection however.

Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by muppetman »

yangez wrote: post #24
saulrh wrote: post #5

Money quote for the people that don't want to wade through ten pages of rant: During the second week of March 2012, a Dell Vostro notebook, used by Supervisor Special Agent Christopher K. Stangl from FBI Regional Cyber Action Team and New York FBI Office Evidence Response Team was breached using the AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability on Java, during the shell session some files were downloaded from his Desktop folder…

This is very disturbing. How did the FBI gain access to all this information? It should be locked up in Apple. From what I see, the NCFTA in "NCFTA_iOS_devices_intel.csv" looks like it stands for the National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance, which "functions as a conduit between private industry and law enforcement." ( http://www.ncfta.net/ ) Is Apple willingly sharing personal information with the FBI through th…

Good thing the announcement didn't say "A large monster from Mars radioed these in" - Imagine how upset you'd have been at NASA!!!!

A bit of a dick way of putting it, but there's no evidence the FBI is involved in this other than some words in an announcement that could be by anyone with an axe to grind.

Re: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types

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Post by Groxx »

Devilboy wrote: post #67
Groxx wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So download it, decrypt it, and pick a different password. Takes a couple minutes, tops. And if your 'release' gets more attention than the original, how does the original prove that's what happened, or even get heard?

You can see who came first, the internet knows.

The internet attributes much to the wrong sources. And forgets many redactions. I wouldn't trust such a thing to the internet.
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