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We’d All Benefit if Celebs Sue Apple Over the Photo Hack

Posted on September 4, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Issie Lapowsky reports:

David Vladeck believes Apple will likely be sued after hackers grabbed nude photos that celebrities stored on the company’s iCloud service.

Vladeck, the former director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and a professor of law at Georgetown University, acknowledges that such suits have had little success in the past, but he and other legal and cybersecurity experts also say that a lawsuit over the high-profile hack may be just the thing to push Apple and other online companies to more aggressively protect the people using their services.

Read more on Wired.

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