New iPod 'feature' ... criminals beware ...

[Carol Haynes]

I don't often read CNET articles these days (they seem too often to be partisan in their opinions) but this caught my eye and was an interesting read ...

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-6423090-1.html?tag=nl.e501

[f0dder]

Hmmm, pretty interesting.

Does iPods require special crappy Apple software to transfer stuff to them, or do they show up as a drive without needing any drivers? They probably do require software (iTunes or whatever), otherwise I can't see how this user information would be stored on them.

Yet another reason to avoid Apple crap and get a Zen instead ^_^

[Carol Haynes]

iTunes loads a service called iPodService even when you haven't got one. I'd guess that is part of the iPod driver interface.

Not sure how data files are transferred though.