Comments on: Apple iMessage bug allows others to spy on your convos

By: L

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:19:00 +0000

Good thing VZW doesn’t Sim Cards.

By: Coeftw

Coeftw — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:01:00 +0000

The author is not lying and it is a huge error on apple and mobile phone companies. This happend to me and was done By mistake with one of my friends who wanted my sim card to uPdate his iPhone(he doesnt even have phone service but Imessage uses wifi remember…

I gave him my sim, he updated and gave it back. The next day he started Asking us if we talked about whatever and he was reading all Msgs I sent and received from the day before.

I’m very lucky it was a friend so it wasn’t used in a baddddd way. I couldn’t figure out how he saw all my info even while looking at his phone for a missed option.

I told him to send me a MSG since he only has wifi on it. I got the MSG and it came from the number that the sim card came out of originally which was myself in this case.

By: blackcomb

blackcomb — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:00 +0000

One part of the article is incorrect. Deactivating the sim card will not stop the old phone from still receiving the iMessages. Apple’s server only links the UDID of the phone, not the sim card. The sim card is only used on the initial activation of the iMessage to verify the phone number. This is the bug!!!

By: John

John — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:00 +0000

Please read the article carefully. These problems affects many people: everybody who lose or sell their iPhone will be affected.

By: ebernet

ebernet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:00 +0000

As someone who sold my iPhone 4, I should clarify that I never updated to iOS 5 because at the time there was no jailbreak solution for iOS 5 and I wanted to ensure the buyer had an option to JB/Unlock if they so chose. Given that many people sell their phones under the given circumstances, and iMessages was not available until iOS 5, I think the number of people this may impact is infinitesimally small… While it may be an issue for a very small number of people, it is an issue and I am sure will be rectified soon.

By: jj14x

jj14x — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:45:00 +0000

well, not exactly the same… you give your keys to a person, and then take it back. Do you expect that this person can drive off with your car?
(what if you were purchasing an iPhone from another person, and decide to test it using your current SIM – and then decide to not purchase the phone. Did you know that you now have to deactivate your SIM unless you want the seller to have access to all your messages?)

Unless Apple is marketing this as a “feature” that allows you to share your messages with anyone, I think this is correctly being categorized as a bug.

By: infinityLinuxGeek

infinityLinuxGeek — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:00 +0000

Even whatsapp does better than this… :D, shame!!

By: infinityLinuxGeek

infinityLinuxGeek — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:00 +0000

Even whatsapp does better than this… :D, shame!!

By: bazilon

bazilon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:26:00 +0000

Great!
A problem that might only effect reviewers of gadgets or others with strange phone habits.

It’s a non situation. Are you getting paid as a writer?

By: bazilon

bazilon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:26:00 +0000

Great!
A problem that might only effect reviewers of gadgets or others with strange phone habits.

It’s a non situation. Are you getting paid as a writer?

By: gan_dacul

gan_dacul — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Well, then, I hope no one sells their iphone.

By: gan_dacul

gan_dacul — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Well, then, I hope no one sells their iphone.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:20:00 +0000

The same will happen if you sell your phone or someone steals it, according to other articles I have read on this topic.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:20:00 +0000

The same will happen if you sell your phone or someone steals it, according to other articles I have read on this topic.

By: benjitek

benjitek — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:42:00 +0000

So… if I get a new sim card for the same number, which in itself deactivates the old sim card, this issue goes away…?

By: no

no — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:32:00 +0000

Horribly written and misleading. Not a bug at all. If I give my keys to a thief, is Toyota responsible? Make you wonder the motives of the author.

By: Denisebuchanan

Denisebuchanan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:31:00 +0000

hummmm….. share your lunch, share a ride, but, don’t share your SIM card!!!!

By: Eruaan

Eruaan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:05:00 +0000

I want the 20sec of my life back !!!

By: Terrance Fairchild

Terrance Fairchild — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:39:00 +0000

You’re reaching buddy….if it’s only held at the account level and someone breaks into that account and takes messages and your PII/credit card number because you either have a weak password or insufficiently protect your stuff, that’s not a bug it’s the owner’s fault.

By: HughJohnson

HughJohnson — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:22:00 +0000

So someone has to steal my sim card, somehow break the sim pass code and put it in a different phone (that’s never once run iMessages) and activate iMessages; then return the sim card to my phone?

This is considered a “bug”?