By Eddie Wrenn: 11:40 GMT, 18 May 2012
Snooping software lets police read everything on your iPhone in real-time without you ever knowing
Police - or anyone with a piece of spying software - can track everything you do on your iPhone without needing physical access to your phone.
The software, called Phone Password Breaker, can download all of the data from Apple's iCloud service - which backs up all of your pictures,
text messages, emails, calendar appointments, call logs, website you have visited, and contacts.
As iPhones sync nearly instantaneously with iCloud, anyone who is listening will have near-instantaneous access to your phone - without the owner
noticing a thing.
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As iPhones sync with iCloud in near-real-time, they can keep up with you where-ever you are.
The researchers at ElcomSoft studied the communication protocol connecting iPhone users with the iCloud, and were able to figure out the right
commands to retrieve data stored on the servers. Their job was made even easier as the data is received in an unencrypted format.
The only way to protect yourself is to either not back up your phone, or do local 'offline' backups on your home computer via iTunes.
Snooping software lets police read everything on your iPhone in real-time without you ever knowing
Police - or anyone with a piece of spying software - can track everything you do on your iPhone without needing physical access to your phone.
The software, called Phone Password Breaker, can download all of the data from Apple's iCloud service - which backs up all of your pictures,
text messages, emails, calendar appointments, call logs, website you have visited, and contacts.
As iPhones sync nearly instantaneously with iCloud, anyone who is listening will have near-instantaneous access to your phone - without the owner
noticing a thing.
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As iPhones sync with iCloud in near-real-time, they can keep up with you where-ever you are.
The researchers at ElcomSoft studied the communication protocol connecting iPhone users with the iCloud, and were able to figure out the right
commands to retrieve data stored on the servers. Their job was made even easier as the data is received in an unencrypted format.
The only way to protect yourself is to either not back up your phone, or do local 'offline' backups on your home computer via iTunes.
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