It's all about security theatre. Airport passenger screening is setup in a way to reduce fear within the general population instead of actual risks. Improving software security will not enhance the feeling of security in your average citizen.

Exactly, complaining about spoofing of an SMS orginator phone number from iPhone is similar to complaining about spoofing of the "From" field of an email address.

iPhone is the most vulnerable phone out there. We hope all criminals will now use it.

Depends on your assets. As we saw with stuxnet, compromising integrity of systems was the primary objective.

An ID management provider does a survey designed to promote identity management. Why should I trust them?

I hate the word with a passion when used in this context but what alternative would you use? It has to be a single word or an expression that describes it all - Computer Security, Information Security, Network Security etc...

US Govt has likely the keys to any gmail account. No need for hacking.

Young people take more risks -> select weaker passwords.

Its also in the best interest of those who launched the suits to keep everything low profile until past IPO day. This way larger initial amount raised -> higher potential payout if they win/settle.

It's 21 cases, we don't know how many people could benefit. Worst case it is 21 people in which case : $10,000 * 21 people + Lawyers fees = $15b

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These pills are supposed to put you to sleep, waking up again was never promised.

You do not need permission, facebook has a Bug Bounty program with (vaguely?) defined rules of engagement that pays money.

I doubt it was simply a text message and more likely a chain of events that ended with the text message. Maybe this is a case of mistaken identity but I can bet someone with that name must have been on some sort of watch list for doing questionable activities or associating with questionable people. I doubt we will ever know the full story.

Somewhere in TOS there is likely a clause which allows the telecos to "share" your private information with anyone willing to pay for it.