iPhone 4 Orders Give AT&T Its 2nd Privacy Scandal

[JMcEntegart]

Just after the whole iPad 3G debacle comes another privacy breach of potentially epic proportions.

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[captainnemojr]

The USS AT&T Failboat sets sail once again!

 

[jmchien]

no pre testing of their new system? wow, i knew AT&T sucked, but didn't realize they sucked that badly...

 

[tntom]

Every year AT&T and Apple have trouble with new Iphone releases.
They don't learn from the past or what. Any I.T. person worth his salt knows to fully test a system before implantation especially with a well advertised date for the Iphone release. This definitely reflects negatively on upper management.

 

[datawrecker]

....HAHAHAHAHAROFLSNOTHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! Okokok so its not that funny. But, still...AT&T and Apple, you rock.

 

[ecnovaec]

I have limited sympathy for people who are STILL giving AT&T and Apple their money

 

[Kira1188]

AT&T keeps digging a deeper hole for itself. Their network can't handle all the iPhones (and I wonder how much trouble iPads add), they lie to their customers about their new data plans, they can't keep customer information safe... I wonder if they regret their exclusivity contract with Apple...

 

[Ragnar-Kon]

[citation][nom]ecnovaec[/nom]I have limited sympathy for people who are STILL giving ATT and Apple their money[/citation]
Very true.

Kind of sucks for Apple though, as it seems to me the weak link in the chain is AT&T, not Apple. Apple shoves out these products that everyone seems to like to buy, and yet AT&T doesn't have the network (or security, apparently) to actually support the products.

 

[mrmoo500]

AT&T just sucks, this is old news.

 

[insider3]

All this just to say you have an iPhone lol.

 

[shovenose]

my iphone doesnt work in west marin-so its usuless 5% of the time. then, it doesnt work in some spots in fairfax. another 1% down the drain. then, it only gets 1 or 2 bars at my house. another 4% useless. so i only have a phone that works in 90% or less of the places i need it to. and my friends very basic, old nokia crap always has at least 1 bar more than i do

 

[eyemaster]

Why are people lining up to buy an iPhone? Is it that much better? Really?

 

[theuerkorn]

I was waiting for this post and the flaming to begin. Nevertheless, AT&T is in trouble and I hope for all users to resolve those problems quickly. I still want my iPhone4.

 

[christopherknapp]

Ordered mine just fine at 10pm last night.

 

[joebob2000]

[citation][nom]tntom[/nom]Every year AT&T and Apple have trouble with new Iphone releases. They don't learn from the past or what. Any I.T. person worth his salt knows to fully test a system before implantation especially with a well advertised date for the Iphone release. This definitely reflects negatively on upper management.[/citation]

Who's saying (authoritatively) that they didn't test it? Sounds more likely that, given the allegations of fraud issues, they found themselves under attack by someone who found a way to skew their web forms and allow known logins to cross into other database data. After that's accomplished, all the attacker has to do is fire up a script running through the login sequence gobbling up private info. It would take a horrifically badly written web app to fail in such a way that it just started accidentally sharing private info with anyone who logged in.

Then again, maybe their best guys are in the App Store testing team making sure that the latest round of ipad-compatible fart apps run with blazing efficiency.

flame suit ON

 

[joebob2000]

[citation][nom]christopherknapp[/nom]Ordered mine just fine at 10pm last night.[/citation]

That's what you think. When an empty box shows up and your credit card shows you actually ordered 10 of them, you might have a different opinion on what "just fine" means.

 

[gpace]

Goes to show that when you make a pretty product, people don't care about anything else.

Still waiting for a replacement for my 6 year old PDA.

 

[Guest]

if they can't get an ordering system working right what chances does 4g have.......

 

[thesupermedium]

Good thing I used the Apple website! Pre-Ordered mine today. Arguments aside, Apple does have a way with peripherals. Make a computer as complicated as you want and it'll fit a niche, but complex hard to use peripherals will never catch on. Apple hit spot on in that sector at least.

 

[flachet]

[citation][nom]shovenose[/nom]my iphone doesnt work in west marin-so its usuless 5% of the time. then, it doesnt work in some spots in fairfax. another 1% down the drain. then, it only gets 1 or 2 bars at my house. another 4% useless. so i only have a phone that works in 90% or less of the places i need it to. and my friends very basic, old nokia crap always has at least 1 bar more than i do[/citation]

There is a Droid for you too.