Arion wants to improve your running technique using technology

Arion, from ATO Gear, wants to help you change your running technique using technology, giving you more detail about what you’re actually doing when you’re out pounding the pavement.

But this isn’t another heart rate monitor or GPS watch, instead it’s interested in foot strike.

That’s not a new idea. In fact, there have been plenty of places that offer pressure mapping through your running gait to determine the best type of running shoe for your style. Like those systems, Arion relies on pressure, but rather than being a static force plate, this is a connected insert for your shoes.

Shown at the Wearable Technology Show in London, Arion is like a soft insole containing pressure sensors. These are connected to a rechargeable Bluetooth module that can clip onto the side of your shoe, sending the data to your smartphone.

Arion then detects the pressure of your footfall to record how your foot moves, whether you’re a heel striker of a fore foot runner, for example. It’s also able to detect pronation, which is one of the key applications for retail, as it can aid shoe stores in picking out the right style of shoe for an individual runner.

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Arion is already out doing this in the real world, although that application isn’t strictly new: there are plenty of places that offer gait analysis through a number of different techniques. Arion is one of the few that detects exactly how your foot falls on every strike however.

But Arion is one of the few systems that has consumer aims, wanting to be a tool for runners beyond the sports store or lab. Ultimately, the idea is that you wear Arion on training runs or races so you can examine your foot strike throughout the event and use it as a coaching tool.

Using the data it gathers you’ll be able to see how your gait changes as you fatigue and it will be able to determine where your technique slips, so you can focus on adapting your training or performance to accommodate that, aiming to keep things as efficient as possible. 

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It might be that you start to pronate as you fatigue and that may be causing injury when you start to go long. With the data you could target specific strengthening exercises, or consider different shoes, but naturally, this information really needs to be interpreted by someone who understands it. 

It’s a fairly advanced training tool and will probably find favour with coaches rather than everyday runners, as you’ll be able to get more biomechnical information for your runs to help build a more complete picture.

Arion is aiming for a consumer launch in September 2016. 

Your next Apple Watch band could warn you of a stroke

Sure, you’ve been rocking that metal link band for your Apple Watch since you got it, and it’s fine for fashion and all, but what about its function? There’s no way it could measure your heart’s electrical activity. That’s where the AliveCor’s medical-grade Kardia band fits in. AliveCor claims the band is the first of its kind and, considering the company’s heritage, the strap seems like a natural progression from its electrocardiogram phone cases.

The band works in conjunction with the new Kardia Watch app and you can take an ECG reading just by pressing a sensor on the watch strap. What’s more, AliveCor says that the band and app can detect Atrial Fibrillation to instantly alert of a stroke. Everything links in with the Apple Health app as well to help paint a better picture of your overall wellness. There’s no word of pricing or availability yet for the Kardia band, but the app is available for Android and iOS right now.

Deezer’s music streaming service arrives on the Apple Watch

There are many ways to listen to music on the Apple Watch, but if Deezer’s your streaming service of choice, then it’s time to add another app on your wearable. Deezer has released an app for the smartwatch, perhaps as part of its efforts to compete with Spotify and Apple Music. It comes with a bunch of key features, including Flow, which can guess the kind of music you want to hear. You can “love” or skip tracks and play a set of songs from your library based on your mood within the app. If you press firmly on the display (in other words, take advantage of its Force Touch feature), you can see your queue or play in shuffle mode, as well. Plus, the app can access all the tracks saved on your iPhone in Offline Mode. It’s now available everywhere Deezer is active, and you can get it so long as your iPhone’s running iOS 8.2 or higher.

Source: Deezer

Virgin Media is killing SmartCall, one of its most useful apps

To incentivise customers to sign up for its TV, telephone and broadband packages, Virgin Media offers a number of value-added services. These include access to Sky’s mobile apps, but also things like cloud storage, web hosting and a rather useful tool that lets you use your landline minutes to dial premium numbers from your mobile. But from April 28th, some of those services will not longer be available, after the company announced that it’s closing Virgin Media Cloud, Webspace and SmartCall.

After the past week, Virgin Media has begun notifying customers of the closure. In a notice on its support site, it writes: “As more of our customers are choosing to use alternative apps and services, we’ve decided to stop offering Virgin Media Cloud, Webspace and SmartCall from 28th April.” Customers using Webspace will now be offered 12 months’ free hosting with GoDaddy and Cloud users are being told to transfer their files over to Dropbox.

The biggest blow will be the loss of SmartCall. Now that mobile providers have been forced to drop charges for 0845 and other prefixes, the app’s domestic use has become limited. However, it is a very useful tool for people roaming abroad: users can connect to a WiFi network and make calls back to the UK using their existing landline allowance. If your package includes unlimited weekend and evening calls, then holiday conversations with friends and family back home are totally free.

Despite that, Virgin Media says it has decided not to renew its contract with the company behind the technology and will begin pulling the apps from Google Play and the App Store in due course.

Via: ISP Review

Source: Virgin Media

Jay-Z pulls another album from streaming services he doesn’t own

While Jay Z took his album Reasonable Doubt off Spotify just before he launched his own music service , the artist has recently pulled his Blueprint albums. Pitchfork noticed the disappearance of the 2001 album from iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music. You can still listen to the majority of Mr. Carter’s back-catalogue on music services besides the one he owns — although he won’t make as much money from it.

A Spotify rep told Pitchfork that: “Jay Z’s Blueprint albums have not been available on any streaming service except Tidal for a few months now.” Reasonable Doubt and the Blueprint albums can’t be found on Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play and Amazon’s own music service. Thanks to the complicated nature of music labels, you shouldn’t have trouble finding at least some of Jay Z’s hit tracks, courtesy of albums compilations.

Source: Pitchfork

f.lux (beta) – Give your eyes a rest from that techno-glare. [Review]

Overview – f.lux is a root-only app that focuses on reducing the amount of strain your smartphone screen puts on your eyes before bed. Developer: justgetflux Price: free (beta) Highlights: Reduces eye

Man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity accounts for photos

The celebrities affected by the massive nude photo leak in 2014 got some answers today. A 36-year-old man from Pennsylvania named Ryan Collins has been charged with computer hacking felony for infiltrating over 50 iCloud and 72 Gmail accounts. He has also agreed to plead guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer, according to the US Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California. In his plea deal, Collins admitted to executing a phishing scheme to obtain celebs’ usernames and passwords from November 2012 to September 2014. Once he got access to their accounts, he searched for and stole explicit images. In some cases, he even downloaded people’s entire iCloud backups.

If you’ll recall, Apple denied that the hacker exploited an iCloud flaw to access its users’ accounts back then. Based on Collins’ statement, the company was telling the truth. The hacker didn’t take advantage of a security vulnerability: he phished his victims (who include Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and many other female celebrities) or tried to guess their passwords.

That’s why FBI Assistant Director David Bowdich warns:

“We continue to see both celebrities and victims from all walks of life suffer the consequences of this crime and strongly encourage users of Internet-connected devices to strengthen passwords and to be skeptical when replying to emails asking for personal information.”

The feds aren’t done investigating the case yet, but so far, they haven’t found any evidence that Collins himself shared or uploaded the images and videos he stole. He’s now facing a maximum sentence of five years in prison. If the judge agrees to both sides’ recommendations, though, he could be out within 18 months.

Source: Department of Justice

Apple iPhone 7 Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET

The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are about six months old. The “new” 4-inch iPhone, expected to be announced in March, will be (by all accounts) a 6S with a smaller screen and a smaller price tag. So now, just as Samsung’s impressive Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are hitting stores, it’s time to think about iPhone 7.

To be clear: we have no hard info. But between assumptions and expectations, we can paint a fairly good portrait of the most intriguing gossip about Apple’s next big thing.

Editors’ note: This story was originally posted on December 14, 2015 and last updated on March 15, 2016 with a new video.

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Announcement and release dates

According to Apple’s traditional cadence, new iPhone models debut in the fall. The 6S and 6S Plus were unveiled on September 9 and hit store shelves on September 25, and we have every reason to expect the next major update to come around this same period in 2016.

Though no official invitations have been made yet, however, the company’s next big event is rumored to be scheduled for March 2016. Given that the Apple Watch would be coming up on its first birthday in April 2016, it’s likely that such an event would be focused on its successor. And while it’s possible we could also see a new iPhone early in 2016, that would more likely be the rumored iPhone SE/6C — an updated small iPhone to replace the aging iPhone 5S sitting at the bottom of Apple’s current lineup.

Might Apple release a colorful edition of the Apple 6 dubbed the 6C similar to the iPhone 5C from 2014?

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Design

For the past several years, Apple’s iPhone updates have followed a predictable cycle: major design changes in even-numbered years, followed by “under the hood” tech upgrades that keep the same basic physical chassis in odd-numbered “S phone” years. For 2016, then, a total redesign is a near certainty — possibly with some dramatic innovations.

Amid rumors that the company has developed multiple iPhone 7 prototypes, Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac reports that Apple is experimenting with three different handset designs including a “completely new, thinner look,” and a “backup” design that’s similar to the iPhone 6S. More recently, MacRumors has suggested that the iPhone 7 will have a design that’s “very similar” to that of the iPhone 6 and 6S, though without the antenna bands that run across the current generation. And we still expect the company to release two versions of the phone — ostensibly, a standard-sized, 4.7-inch iPhone 7 and larger 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus.

Apple Patent Application Publication (US 2015/0357741 A1).

Given the regularity with which folks drop phones in toilets and other bodies of water, could Apple develop a water-resistant or waterproof chassis? (By the way, here’s what to do when it inevitably happens to you.) Other manufacturers have already gone there, of course: Samsung with the Galaxy S5, Sony with its Z5 Premium and Motorola with its entry-level Moto G. Still, the fact that Samsung did not make the Galaxy S6 waterproof suggests that it’s not a critical feature for most consumers.

That noted, Business Insider reports that Apple has filed for a new waterproofing-related patent. Titled “Electronic Device with Hidden Connector,” the application suggests that ports could be covered with a “self-healing elastomer.” According to the patent description, iPhone ports equipped with this technology would be covered with membranes, which could be penetrated by a headphone or USB connector, for example, and which would seal back up once the connector is withdrawn.

Building on this narrative, 9to5Mac has reported that Apple is developing a new set of Bluetooth earphones that could be introduced simultaneously with the iPhone 7. The fruit of the company’s acquisition of Beats Electronics, the new earphones, potentially called “AirPods,” are rumored to be completely wireless, similar to the Motorola Hint.

The Moto Hint.

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One of the more interesting iPhone 7 predictions involves a move away from the physical home button. As CNET reported earlier, recent iPhone innovations — specifically the pressure-sensitive 3D Touch screen and increasing always-on hands-free functionality of Siri — have diminished the need for it, and that a buttonless iPhone would be a natural move for a company with such a strong preference for clean lines as well as simple design. That would also allow the large top and bottom bezels to shrink, effectively allowing Apple to squeeze a larger screen into the same size body. The trick, of course, would be keeping the all-important Touch ID fingerprint sensor somehow integrated into the device.

Note that the melodramatic iPhone 7 “leaked concept” video in circulation on social media has been flagged as a fake. The video shows a cleansuit-clad employee, ostensibly of Foxconn, one of Apple’s longtime suppliers, handling a home button-less iPhone 7 until, offscreen, someone shouts, “Hey!”. Nice try, folks.

Security

Apple engineers are said to be working on beefier security measures for the iPhone.

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Though security hasn’t often been a major focus of the iPhone rumor mill, the vast majority of recent headlines in both major and fringe publications have involved Apple’s ongoing battle with the FBI over just that. The Financial Times reported that Apple is working on ways to encrypt data stored via its iCloud service, which could further frustrate law enforcement agencies in investigations. And according to the New York Times, Apple engineers are now working on new security measures to prevent iPhone-hacking.

One hopes that this development will bring security closer to the fore for both smartphone consumers and manufacturers. If nothing else, it’s an issue with all kinds of interesting ramifications for issues ranging from the iPhone’s user interface to its privacy settings.

Display

There is a particularly durable rumor about a sapphire display, which would offer a higher degree of scratch and shatter-resistance than the current models’ Gorilla Glass. In fact, the higher-end Apple Watch models have sapphire displays — as well as OLED technology that provides best-in-class black levels, contrast and colors on a growing assortment of smartphones (including the Samsung Galaxy S6).

Apple uses LED backlit LCD technology for the current iPhones’ Retina displays; though earlier reports predicted that Apple would switch to OLED displays in 2018, the rumored timeline has been moved to 2017. Either way, this would likely debut on whatever model succeeds the iPhone 7.

Connections

One of the most most widely speculated upon topics to date involves the connectivity standards the iPhone 7 will support. Rumor has it that Apple may potentially omit the 3.5mm headphone jack, a standard on every preceding iPhone, in favor of an all-in-one Lightning connector. This would accommodate a thinner chassis — perhaps shaving off as much as one millimeter. And there is fact to support this thesis: Philips showed off Lightning-only headphones earlier in 2015, though they apparently have yet to be released.

According to Barclays analysts, however, as reported by AppleInsider, the iPhone 7 will indeed omit a 3.5mm headphone jack. But, in its traditional place will be a second speaker, powered by an amp manufactured by Cirrus Logic. The analysts also countered recent rumors suggesting that the iPhone 7 would have dynamic noise cancellation, suggesting that it will use a digital codec instead.

How about swapping out Lightning for USB Type-C? Despite its growing ubiquity as the standard for other smartphones, tablets and PCs, it feels unlikely. Yes, Apple made USB-C the only connector in its 2015 MacBook revamp, but the company has elsewhere doubled-down on Lightning in the past year, adding it to new Mac accessories, Beats speakers, the iPad Pro’s Pencil accessory and the new iPhone Smart Battery Case.

Many Apple products continue to use Lightning even though USB Type-C is included on the newest MacBook.

The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus both come equipped with NFC to enable the contactless Apple Pay system. And yet Apple has yet to support the tap-to-pair capability of other NFC-enabled smartphones, which allow a user to tap a headphone or speaker to pair via Bluetooth. There was chatter about the possibility of enhanced NFC support in iOS 9, but it did not come to pass. Perhaps with the next generation.

Components

The iPhone 6S is a red-hot performer, showing off the improved speed of its new A9, 64-bit dual-core processor, enhanced Wi-Fi antennas and faster Touch ID sensor. And as each successive iPhone generation is expected to deliver improved speed, we expect to see an A10 chip powering the iPhone 7. Likewise, just as the 6S and 6S Plus got a bump in RAM from 1GB to 2GB, it’s not unreasonable to expect to see an iPhone 7 that comes equipped with 4GB of RAM.

Powering the device is a a proprietary 64-bit A9 chip processor that Apple says offers 70 percent computing performance (CPU) and 90 percent faster graphics performance (GPU).

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In 2014, Apple doubled the top two tiers of the iPhone from 32GB and 64GB to 64GB and 128GB, but kept pricing the same. (The entry-level model remained at 16GB.) The company kept the same capacities for its 2015 line. Will it finally offer 32GB on the baseline model? Anything’s possible, but getting customers to pay up for the 64GB model may be too much of a profit incentive to give up.

Related to the waterproofing rumors summarized above, the Commercial Times (via DigiTimes), reports that the iPhone 7 will contain “new compound materials” that will help hide the antenna, which is currently housed in bands on the back of the phone.

According to multiple sources, including a CLSA Securities analyst, Intel will provide 30 to 40 percent of the iPhone 7’s modem supply — specifically, the Intel 7360 LTE, which supports 450 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload speeds.

Another story that has surfaced involves the possibility of the iPhone 7 — or perhaps the subsequent generation — supporting wireless charging. One potential narrative has Apple narrowing connectivity to a single Lightning port, making it impossible to charge the phone and use wired headphones simultaneously. Hence: wireless charging. Mmmm…we’ll see.

Camera

Will a dual-lens camera module find its way in to the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus?

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Many sources reported that there would be a significant step up in quality with the iPhone 6S’s camera; a 10-megapixel camera and a two-lens DSLR-style camera were presented as two distinct possibilities. And though the 6S upped the standard iPhone’s game with a much improved front-facing camera, only the 6S Plus features optical image stability capabilities that deliver higher quality photos and video in low light environments. In mid-March 2016, Taiwanese site Apple.club.tw posted what it says are images of a dual-camera module that it says will be included on the iPhone 7 Plus.

There is also much buzz about the rear-facing camera. Several sites are reporting that the iPhone 7’s back camera will sit flush with the case, instead of protruding slightly as with the iPhone 6 and 6S. A report by KGI Securities Ming-Chi Kuo claims Apple may create a version of the iPhone 7 Plus with two rear-facing camera lenses to offer and combine wide-angle as well as telephoto shots.

The technology would potentially leverage Apple’s 2015 acquisition of Israeli technology company LinX Imaging, which has developed smaller sensors that can deliver DSLR-quality images with optical zoom and improved performance in darker environments. That noted, there are murmurs about Apple testing dual-lens technology from a number of Asian manufacturers. Though earlier rumors suggested that these higher-end features could appear on the standard iPhone 7 model, MacRumors has reported that only the 7 Plus will come equipped with this dual camera array.

Scroll down for a reverse-chronological look at the latest rumors.

March 14, 2016

Photo leak: iPhone 7 Plus dual camera lens

Taiwanese site Apple.club.tw has published photos of a double-lens camera that the site says will be featured on the iPhone 7 Plus.

March 4, 2016

Intel to Make ‘Significant Portion’ of the iPhone 7’s LTE Modems

Apple’s next flagship smartphone will reportedly have some components manufactured by Intel.

March 3, 2016

Apple Planning to Debut OLED iPhone in 2017

Next year may see Apple switch its iPhone display from LCD to OLED, a move that would offer consumers several benefits, according to news site Nikkei.

February 25, 2016

Apple to beef up customers’ iCloud encryption

Apple is working on new ways to strengthen the encryption of customers’ iCloud backups in a way that would make it impossible for the company to comply with valid requests for data from law enforcement.

February 24, 2016

Apple said to be working on unhackable iPhone

Stronger encryption might be aimed at heading off the next battle with the US government over gaining access to iPhones.

February 16, 2016

iPhone 7 Said to Expand Use of Single-Chip Electromagnetic Shielding

Apple is working on electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding that will help maintain performance as its power, complexity, and potential for interference increases.

February 12, 2016

iPhone 7 might add second speaker

Apple’s next-generation iPhone, expected to abandon a 3.5mm headphone jack, will probably replace the part with a second speaker, according to a Barclays research memo obtained by AppleInsider.

February 4, 2016

iPhone 7 rumors point to a flush rear camera and cleaner all-metal look

New rumors suggest that the new iPhone 7 will closely resemble the iPhone 6 and 6s.

February 3, 2016

Sony’s Dual Camera to See Inclusion in Devices From ‘Major Smartphone Players’

Sony, the manufacturer behind many of the camera sensors used in Apple’s iOS devices, recently confirmed that its dual-lens camera platform will be featured in devices from “major smartphone players” in 2016.

January 29, 2016

Apple’s working on long-range wireless charging for the iPhone (Apple Byte podcast)

The iPhone 7 could bring a new dual-lens camera.

January 28, 2016

The iPhone 7 Plus looks to bring a dual lens camera

A report claims there are two 5.5 inch versions of iPhone 7 Plus — one with a single eye sight camera and another with a dual camera design.

January 27, 2016

iPhone 7 Plus may beckon with two rear-facing cameras

Apple’s next iPhone needs killer features to revive consumer demand. A dual-camera system could be what catches your eye.

January 14, 2016

Apple looks to bring wireless ‘Air Buds’ to the iPhone 7

An iPhone 7 without a headphone jack looks more real, Apple Watch 2 rumors and the iOS 9.3 beta is legit.

January 8, 2016

Hey, Apple, leave that jack alone

The iPhone 7 may be missing a 3.5mm headphone jack when Apple releases the phone this year. A new petition begs the electronics giant not to switch to a Lightning jack.

January 5, 2016

Would it be a mistake for Apple to remove the headphone jack on the iPhone 7?

Rumors continue to percolate that Apple will drop the 3.5mm headphone jack in its next iPhone to help slim down the device. But is it a good idea?

December 29, 2015

Catcher to see strong 2016, says paper

The upcoming new iPhone products are rumored to be waterproof and use new compound materials to hide the antenna.

December 10, 2015

Apple has an idea for ‘self-healing’ technology that could make the next iPhone waterproof

Apple has thought of a novel way to help waterproof devices: Covering ports in self-healing seals.

December 8, 2015

iPhone 7: Most-wanted features

With the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in the rear-view mirror now, it’s time to look ahead and put in our upgrade requests for the next iPhone.

December 3, 2015

Is the iPhone 7 getting rid of the 3.5mm headphone jack?

A report claims Apple will make Lightning its do-everything port for a slimmer iPhone 7.

Researchers develop a polymer sponge to repair broken backs

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have developed a novel spinal graft that automatically “grows” to the requisite size and shape when implanted. The spongy polymer isn’t meant to be a formal replacement like the 3D printed neck bones recently installed by a team from the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. Instead, it’s designed to act as a bone graft — a biodegradable scaffold through which a cancer patient’s own bones can regrow after surgery.

See, for whatever biological reason, when cancer metastasizes — that is, when it spreads through the body from the original tumor — it predominantly tends to settle in the spinal column. Doctors can cut out the infected bone tissue (or flat-out replace it as they did in the Sydney case) but that leaves large gaps in the spine. Normally, doctors would either have to open the chest cavity and access the spine from far side (which entails a lengthy recovery and high probability of complications) or they’d make a small incision in the neck/back and inject expandable titanium rods into the bone gap (which is super expensive because titanium). This new technique combines the easy access and short recovery of the titanium rod method with the low cost of the open chest operation.

Doctors simply cut a small hole in the patient’s neck/back and inject a hydrogel polymer into the bone gap much the same way they would a titanium rod. This polymer absorbs fluids from within the wound and grows to fill the gap. Doctors control how far the polymer expands in any specific direction by first inserting a “cage” — basically a pre-expanded shell that the polymer fills in as it spreads. Think of it as the wooden frame that keeps a freshly-poured concrete sidewalk in place until it hardens. Once the polymer fills in the cage, which takes 5 to 10 minutes on average, it will set and harden into a viable prosthetic. From there, surrounding bone tissue grows into and through the polymer, reinforcing and cementing it in place.

The Mayo team plans to begin initial cadaver-based tests of the new method in the coming months. Should those succeed, trials on living people will follow in the next couple of years.

Via: Motherboard

Source: American Chemical Society

Pennsylvania Man Behind Hacking of Celebrity iCloud Accounts Pleads Guilty

Ryan Collins, the 36-year-old Pennsylvania man behind the hacking of celebrity iCloud accounts in 2014, has signed a plea agreement and agreed to plead guilty to a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Department of Justice announced (via Gawker).

Collins spent two years (November 2012 to September 2014) engaged in a phishing scheme to obtain the usernames and passwords of his victims, according to the “factual basis of the plea agreement.” He sent his victims emails that appeared to be from Apple and Google, asking them to provide their usernames and passwords.

Once Collins obtained the data, he used them to illegally access accounts and extracted private information, which included nude photographs and videos. He also used a software program to download some of the victims’ iCloud backups. While Collins obtained the private photos and videos, investigators have not been able to find any evidence that he leaked, shared or uploaded them to the Internet.

“By illegally accessing intimate details of his victims’ personal lives, Mr. Collins violated their privacy and left many to contend with lasting emotional distress, embarrassment and feelings of insecurity,” said David Bowdich, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “We continue to see both celebrities and victims from all walks of life suffer the consequences of this crime and strongly encourage users of Internet-connected devices to strengthen passwords and to be skeptical when replying to emails asking for personal information.”

Collins has been charged in Los Angeles, but the case will be transferred to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania so that he can enter his guilty plea. He will face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison, but the parties have agreed to recommend a prison term of 18 months. The DoJ stresses that the recommendation is not binding to the sentencing judge.

Shortly after the breach occurred in September 2014, Apple conducted an investigation that revealed the accounts were compromised by weak passwords. The company then made several changes, adding email alerts when iCloud accounts are accessed on the web, app-specific passwords for third-party apps accessing iCloud and enabling two-factor authorization on iCloud.com.
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