This looks phishy. Apple can ID your
phone, but allows apps “you” purchase to be installed on other
phones (e.g. your family) This could be bigger that it seems.
Suppose there is a hack that allows them to take (erase) all the
credit on all the gift cards in one 'swell foop'
"Back on November 28, 2010,
somebody started a thread on Apple's support forums about someone
spending more than $50 of his iTunes Store credit on iPhone apps.
That discussion thread has since swelled to more than 45 pages, with
nearly 700 posts. 'Someone — or some group of someones — seems
to be able to spend iTunes gift card credit without permission,
buying apps that users don't want. And whoever's doing the hacking
seems pretty good at it: Hundreds of users have seen their iTunes
credit stolen, and the hack
shows no signs of slowing, ten months after it was first
reported.' Apple has refunded certain accounts, but not in all
cases. Apple suggests that the hack stems
from weak, easily guessable passwords, and/or phishing attacks where
customers are fooled into entering their passwords into hackers'
forms."
It starts as: “Let us remind you
where you parked...” Once the database is built, they will know
when you visit the mall and for how long. Tie that to facial
recognition inside and they can tell which stores you visit. Sell
that to the stores and they can tell how much money you spend, what
products you purchase and what size shoe you wear...
"Westfield Group, one of the
largest shopping centre (mall) operators in the world, has launched a
find-my-car
iPhone app. The system uses a series of license plate reading
cameras dotted throughout their multi-level car parks. Westfield
said police could also use it to find stolen or unregistered
vehicles. (Hello, slippery slope.) Initially launched in just one
Sydney centre, it will be rolled-out to others if the trial is
successful."
Save the trees!
September 10, 2011
BookStats
Publishing Formats Highlights
The Association of American Publishers
- BookStats
Publishing Formats Highlights: "e-books and other
non-physical formats - "The consistent, growing popularity of
e-books and apps are a major success story in content formats, even
in advance of data for 2011, which is currently tracking high
e-format sales. Highlights:
- e-books have grown from 0.6% of the total Trade market share in 2008 to 6.4% in 2010. While that represents a small amount in the total market for formats, it translates to 1274.1% in publisher net sales revenue year-over-year with total net revenue for 2010 at $878 Million.
- Net unit sales growth for e-books was equally impressive, increasing 1039.6% for the same three-year period. In 2010, e-book net units were 114M.
- Beyond the top-level format figures, the explosive growth of e-books is even more visible when considering certain categories. In Adult Fiction, e-books are now 13.6% of the net revenue market share.
You know I couldn't make this stuff up
– not that I won't try.
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