We live in a world where virtually nothing is private anymore. There are Internet search engines that allow people to determine our addresses, our home and cell phone numbers, our marital statuses, our employment records, our credit ratings, and the types of cars we drive. Recently, there was an incident that affected millions of iPhone users that pointed out just how little privacy and security we have. Let me explain.

What was supposed to be a courtesy gift to music lovers from Apple turned into a public relations nightmare for the company. It seems that a new album by the group U2 was downloaded free of charge to millions of iPhone users. I first noticed it one morning as I turned on my music app for my daily run. Along with my own list of songs, there were numerous songs from U2’s album titled Songs of Innocence. I’m not a U2 fan, and so I tried, unsuccessfully, to delete the songs. Several days later, when scores of people vented their disdain and discomfort from having the album on their iPhones, Apple provided a link explaining how to delete the album. After several tries I was finally able to erase the U2 songs.

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