10 Really Annoying Things About Every New iPhone Release

4. Ever-Emerging Concerns Over Privacy

Privacy concerns relating to Apple products are getting a little more frequent and disturbing, aren't they? While their technology is historically robust and difficult for hackers to break into, the emergence of several stories - even in the last few weeks - proves that even the most protected aren't safe. Surely by now we've all heard of 'The Fappening' - most men aged 18-30 will have anyway - the big social media blow up that featured hundreds of private pictures from a host of female celebrities, including one Jennifer Lawrence. These pictures surfaced online, but what did these hackers break into to steal the photos? You've guessed it: Apple IDs. Rick Falkvinge of Private Internet Access' website sums up the method of theft rather well:

What happened was that a new interface from Apple, one called €œFind My iPhone€, allowed for an unlimited number of failed password attempts with no time limit between them. This allowed people to literally try millions and millions of passwords of their intended targets, all on automatic, until they stumbled on the one password that happened to be correct. Once they had that, they were able to download the entire contents of their targets€™ iPhones to their own computers.

But it's not only celebrities who have felt a little violated lately. Whether it be the fact that you've unwittingly noticed that U2's 'Songs of Innocence' album has popped up automatically on your iPhone, or you're feeling the effects of 'Locationgate' - where all of your visited locations are tracked and stored, likely without you knowing - Apple now have some serious making up to do in a security sense. There are not many things more annoying than that.