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How developers trick App Store into approving malicious apps (9to5mac.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The geofencing thing feels like something Apple could easily resolve. When they review an app, they should just randomly spoof their location.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I don’t know how one of / sometimes the largest company in the world could ever implement such a system. It’s way too complex. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

We also checked the app’s behavior by running it through a proxy to fake our location to San Jose, California.

So living in San Jose protects me from shady Apps… nah, still sucks here.