Your privacy is at risk
the recent privacy debacle around the iOS third-party applications and Android applications has attracted the serious attention. The researchers found little or no permissions are required for applications on these devices to access contacts, photos and other confidential data considerably.
However, the fact is, this lack of a permission-based application exists in almost all operating consumer-based systems for some time , including Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and even * nix and its many variants . Here is a small snippet that shows how easy it is to access the Mac OS X default Pictures folder and installs Ubuntu:
#include#include #include #include #include int main () {DIR * directory; struct dirent * entry; struct passwd * pwd; if (pwd = getpwuid (getuid ())) {if (directory = opendir (strcat (pwd-> pw_dir "/ Images"))) {while (input = readdir (directory)) printf ( "% s n" , entry-> d_name); closedir (directory); }} Return 0; }
This code could be completed by a function of simple download to steal photos, and, in Windows, it is just as easy. Fortunately for consumers, emphasis on privacy will help advance our beta society to become more secure.
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For example, when I was driving on the road the other day, I came across a pile of soft water-filled barrels in front of a concrete wall to an output. These barrels are working to soften a collision someone has to plant in the solid concrete. While I would like to believe someone implemented this safety feature excellent "out of the blue," it is more likely that someone died in a horrible accident crash into the solid concrete.
We the people are fighting for progress and security for our personal and confidential information lives and the data is no exception. Awareness is the first step. With mistakes comes perfection.
protect our privacy.
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