At 4:33 p.m., according to Apple’s tech support records, someone called AppleCare claiming to be me. Apple says the caller reported that he couldn’t get into his .Me e-mail — which, of course was my .Me e-mail.
In response, Apple issued a temporary password. It did this despite the caller’s inability to answer security questions I had set up. And it did this after the hacker supplied only two pieces of information that anyone with an internet connection and a phone can discover.

My Facebook and Twitter are 100% public, I share my location and data with every app on my iPhone. All of my pictures have GPS tags...Nothing bad has ever happened. I think it's pretty cool.

When I use the Nike+ Running app you can see where I'm running on a map and when. Doesn't bother me.

...free pizza.

What if they had no cheese at all, just sauce and anchovies.

You've never heard of that prank before?

1. You order a bunch of pizza over the phone and say you'll pay with cash

2. You give them the address of the victim

3. Victim gets a bunch of pizza delivers and has to pay a huge bill.

Don't think it works in reality anymore, as the pizza shops have gotten wise, but you can still pull it off for small orders, probably

You've never heard of that prank before?

1. You order a bunch of pizza over the phone and say you'll pay with cash

2. You give them the address of the victim

3. Victim gets a bunch of pizza delivers and has to pay a huge bill.

Don't think it works in reality anymore, as the pizza shops have gotten wise, but you can still pull it off for small orders, probably

Die you motherless heretic dog



may all your pizza pies be consumed by locust like hordes of teens hell bent on leaving you only the thinnest of dry crusts.

may you Canadian bacon, be just plain old bacon...

and may your pizza always be within thirty minutes... and still be cold




'kay.. done torturing the heretic..

Password resets and secret questions are the bane of security.

Seriously. Hotmail allows you to use your mother's birthplace as a secret question, or your first pets name. That's information that could be easily accessible from your (or your mom's) Facebook page.

IIRC back in the day you could even use your birth date, but they were smart enough to remove that option at least.

I still do not have a Twitter or Facebook account, or use any Apple products even though everyone I know does... It just seems creepy to willingly expose myself like that. I know the information age is awesome and high speed/bandwidth data transfer is handy... but that doesn't mean ALL data has to go on the internet.