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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
I haven't looked at the story yet in too much detail but my understanding of briefly skimming an article was while, yes, it was a breach on the AT&T website and completely the fault of AT&T, it only exposes information of people using an iPad.
I guess another question about the 3G iPad, does it have the same sort of exclusivity that Apple set up with AT&T for the iPhone? If so, then even though this is probably not directly Apple's fault (other than setting up the exclusivity agreement), it does effect all iPad users in the states and only iPad users.
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The iPad is a completely unlocked device. You can freely use it with any GSM carrier that supports Micro SIM cards. There is no exclusivity contract with carriers, and there is no monthly contract for the end-user.
That's another red herring that Gawker is adding to their story. They're saying this is all Apple's fault for signing an exclusivity deal with AT&T... meaning that, since users can't pick another carrier, it's all Apple's fault. They leave out the fact that the only exclusivity deal is for the iPhone, not the iPad.