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Fake iPhone apps
#42596 11/07/16 08:02 AM
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Beware, iPhone Users: Fake Retail Apps Are Surging

As the holiday shopping season approaches, hundreds of rogue apps, most of which came from developers in China, have managed to slip through Apple’s review process.

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grelber #42637 11/08/16 05:07 PM
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Latest report says Apple has removed (most of?) them.


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Ira L #42639 11/08/16 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted By: Ira L
Latest report says Apple has removed (most of?) them.

But as per grelber's linked article, it's only for the moment unless they've also instituted some stringent new parsing procedures.


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