I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2016/02/24/got-hacked-my-mac-while-writing-story/80844720/

[gaur]

Maybe I'm exposing my ignorance here: why is using HTTPS not enough to prevent getting "hacked" in this case?

[stefanix → gaur]

Either the guy hacked into the journalist's computer or the journalist is offendingly clueless about basic data hygene and does not even use transport encryption on his email.

[qbrass → stefanix]

Or the guy sitting behind him just looked over his shoulder.