iFraud

I love the iPod. But, as usual, every wonderous technological advance (go with me here, I know it was just cool packaging of a bunch of available parts for the most part) created for a noble -- or at least consumer-benefitting purpose has a darker potential. This Guardian piece points to one identity (and other) fraud application for the iPod: Fraudsters use iPods to steal company information. The money shot:

"Ipods are not a new toy, but whereas corporates still don't know much about their capabilities, individuals do. In a recent case, after we got a court order, we found the data the employer said was missing on a former employee's iPod," added Mr Carratu [president of the Certified Fraud Examiners].

Posted by Grayson at June 15, 2005 07:46 AM