Intimate photos of stars already on the web. Where's yours?

The second day of raging online about outstanding stuffing hackers who managed to gain access to sensitive data of several hundred well-known world of show business figures. In this article you will learn how to protect yourself from such hassles.

All progressive online the second day raging about the outstanding stuffing hackers who It managed to gain access to sensitive data of several hundreds of world famous figures show business. Then they povybirat out all the fun (not surprisingly, the most interesting was the candid intimate pictures of girls star, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Ariana Grande) and posted the content in the open access. Why this hack was possible and how to protect yourself from it, you will learn from this article.

Such massive stars hacking accounts was made possible by their shared commitment to the gadgets a famous American company with a logo in the form of an apple. Attack made through a vulnerability in the Find My Phone app lets you track the location of iPhone. For authentication, it uses the same Apple ID, and that access to the cloud Apple iCloud, from which were stolen celebrity photos. It is characteristic that was used to break too complex script in Python, which is already hard walking over the Internet.

What can we do to and with you not to repeat such unpleasant story?

1. Turn off the automatic loading of the photos in iCloud cloud

You definitely have seen in Annex Photos album Camera Roll, which displays images directly stored on your device. But if there is present more and album My Photo Stream, it means that all your photos are automatically sent for storage to the cloud iCloud.

Despite the fact that this is a fairly easy way to synchronize and backup their photo archives, Yet in the light of recent events should disable this feature and consider switching to a more reliable decision. To turn off Photo Stream, open the Settings app on your device and go to iCloud. Tapnite Photos (or Photo Stream in iOS 6) and turn off the corresponding function.

2. Remove risky files

You do not want to completely lose the comfort of an automatic picture upload function?

Then simply delete those photos that you definitely do not want to share with the general public. To do this in the catalog Photo Stream locate, select and delete the appropriate files. As a result, these images will disappear from all connected devices except for this, but the most important thing - to remove from iCloud server. If you want to finally say goodbye to risky content, you will need to clean up and more catalog Camera Roll.

3. Use strong passwords

Hacking stars accounts was made possible only because the passwords they use are easily the normal selection. If you take care of changing their passwords on a more stable, it is very strongly complicated life hackers. To change your password, please visit this page My Apple ID. Then go along the way: Manage your Apple ID → Password and Security → Change Password.

To learn how to create, store and keep correct passwords, we have already written many times, so I will send you to the corresponding publications:

• How to create and remember strong password.
• How to create strong passwords and keep them properly.
• How to come up with a hell of a password that is easy to remember.
• How to create a secure password.

4. Turn on two-factor authentication

One of the most reliable ways to enhance the security of your account is activated two-factor authentication functions. Thanks to it every time you log in to your account iCloud, you will receive a special code to confirm. Yes, it may seem a little awkward, but it really is very reliable.

To activate this feature, log in to your account My Apple ID. Click Manage your Apple ID → Password and Security → Two-Step Verification.

5. Turn on your brain

The gadget is called "brain" is the most reliable and versatile tool for the security of your data. Once and for all, remember that any information that is digitized, has a potentially unsafe. Sooner or later, your colleague will see intimate photos, SMS-correspondence declassify wife, and "interesting" movies will appear on the screen in front of the face of your mother in law. So just do not do anything for which you can later become unbearable shame.

And if you decided to make a couple of candid photos, you try to at least look at them well.