> That takes some hubris. And that's a trait that has gotten more than one organization owned by Anonymous/*sec in the past.
That would require acknowledging them as a real threat. I don't think the government is really there yet. They seem to perpetuate the opinion of the parent post:
That's probably true. The whole thing smacks of grasping for straws. It's just spreading FUD. UDID data has been flying around WiFi hotspots and in plaintext over networks for years. Harvesting them is like harvesting names and addresses from postcards. I wouldn't put it past people to aggregate a bunch of them, then pin it on some well known government agency to pull a publicity stunt like this.
The first people to fail to protect the privacy of app users: iOS app developers and the folks at Apple who wrote that part of the SDK. (Who should've known the result of counting on hordes of hobbyist devs to "do the right thing" with the UDID.)
That would require acknowledging them as a real threat. I don't think the government is really there yet. They seem to perpetuate the opinion of the parent post:
> the kids who posted the file.
Note the usage of 'kids'.