My home is connected to the street network. That doesn't mean I expect anyone with access to the street to have access to my home.
The real issue here is trusting Apple to manage the lock on your front door.
That my house is connected to the street network is why I have locks on my doors, a fence around my backyard, locks on my windows, curtains and blinds on my windows, and a security system. I follow my own due diligence to attempt to keep people out by making it hard for them to know what stuff I have, as difficult as possible for them to get in such that they have to break laws in the act, and I have a means of detecting if they force their way in otherwise.
It's wrong of people to attempt to steal my stuff, but just because it's wrong doesn't excuse me from making an effort to ensure that it doesn't happen.
Stop. This is the fault of allowing users to use devices with no training. Standard I.T. data security ON THE PART OF THE USERS would have prevented this. If you dont understand the device you are using, seek training, or dont put sensitive info on it. Its not ok to be a moron in the Information Age.
I used to feel that way, but I don't think it works that way anymore. There's too much tech to be able to keep up with it, even for computing professionals. There are too many things that we're dependent on that we only get to see as a black box. There are too many vulnerabilities constantly discovered and often times left unpatched (Heartbleed anyone?) that are out of the user's control.
Yes, there are some things that the user can control, but there are plenty of things outside of that control, and plenty of other things that stop working if the user doesn't allow various services to be turned on or available. In some ways it's our own Chilling Effect, but those are the breaks when one wants to foist interconnectivity on everyone and everything. It means now that everything is potentially subject to review by everyone else.
You get a shot at seeing boobies and all the sudden all those complaints you have about the NSA peeking at your files goes flying out the window. When that's brought up all the sudden we've got something worthwhile to spend our mod-points on. Cute.
No one really wants to pay taxes. We will seek out any and all provisions of the tax code to pay as little tax as reasonably possible. At the same time many of us will make the argument in favor of higher taxes on groups of people that can afford it, even if we ourselves are in that group. Warren Buffet and George Soros have both said it and they would be greatly impacted by it.
It's possible to advocate against a behavior that one engages in without simply being in denial. It's possible to advocate against government data mining and against computer hacking in general while still enjoying the fruits of it, understanding that one may eventually no longer be able to enjoy the results if one gets one's way.
What is algebra, exactly? Is it one of those three-cornered things? -- J.M. Barrie