How to prevent the "pornographic scandal" from happening again in cloud technology era

September 5 News, according to foreign media reports, the attack on Apple icloud is considered to be almost every science and technology enterprises must be prepared to prepare for the network security problem, because icloud often with the user's financial payments, personal health and private car vehicles and so on, and other information Unicom, Therefore, both from the user point of view or Apple's perspective is very necessary to do a good job icloud "black" work.

Now in the United States noisy female star privacy photo exposure is a typical icloud was a hacker attack. In a statement issued by Apple, the company noted that hackers used some form of attack on icloud accounts of certain individuals and illegally stole photos of icloud users. The author gives some icloud users should take measures to protect their icloud account security, for reference only:

Use complex passwords as much as possible: icloud users should modify the icloud account password as soon as possible in the My Apple ID option, the composition of the password to use some special or punctuation, in addition, users should regularly update the icloud account password.

Account Two verification: Apple provides two authentication services to icloud users. When the user needs to modify the icloud information, Apple requires the user to authenticate two times on the device they are using.

Modify security Issues: User account security issues are designed to prevent accounts from being landed by others and to authenticate when contacting Apple customer service personnel. The answer to the security question is more private, so it is recommended that the user change the answer to the security question and not enter the real answer, just enter an easy to remember false answer.

Backup with itunes: Although there are many devices that can back up the data in icloud, it is recommended that users use itunes for backup for better security.

For Apple, there are several things you can do to improve the safety of icloud:

Two verification: The account two times to set the verification as icloud account default security authentication method.

Geo-fencing: Smartphones and Macs can now record the location of the user, which translates into protection for icloud account security. Users can specify that icloud record the user's use of the smart device in a specific geographic area. This is especially useful for "donkey friends" in icloud users.

TouchID: When a user tries to enter the icloud account via a smart device, it must be scanned by TouchID fingerprint.

Facial recognition: Apple's iphoto supports facial recognition, a feature that can play a huge role in protecting icloud accounts.

Signature recognition: Apple's preview app can take photos of the user's signature handwriting, and it can verify the behavior before attempting to enter the icloud account.