03-15-2012, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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For Apple, Pressure Builds Over App Store Fraud By EVELYN M. RUSLI and BRIAN X. CHEN Published: March 15, 2012, NY Times "In a little over an hour, Ryan Matthew Pierson racked up $437.71 in iTunes charges for virtual currency that he could use to buy guns, nightclubs and cars in iMobster, a popular iPhone game. One problem: Mr. Pierson, a technology writer in Texas, has never played iMobster. “This was fraud,” said Mr. Pierson, recalling the November incident. “I woke up, checked my e-mail, and I could see these purchases happening in real time.” Mr. Pierson raised the issue with Apple and his bank, and the problem was eventually resolved. But his experience is hardly unique, as reflected by hundreds of online complaints saying that Apple’s iTunes Store, and in particular its App Store, which the company portrays as the safest of shopping environments, is not so secure..." "Jian Huang, head of Hoolai Game in Beijing. Hoolai, a game developer, discovered that it was missing payments from Apple." "Ryan Matthew Pierson, a technology writer, said purchases were made from his iTunes account without his knowledge." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/te...fraud.html?hpw I have said it before. The worse thing about Apple is the iTunes store. |
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There is no security issue. You are reading it wrong.
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Or the iTunes app. Or releasing incremental updates. Or their focus on marketing over technology. You've posted so many anti-Apple threads, it is hard to keep them all straight |
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See that Galaxy Tab in his device list? It has an inferiority complex, lol.
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This is about fraud. Not viruses. Lol.
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My dear Apple friends.
It is the price of fame. Apple stories hit the front pages. Apple gets the news headline. The pundits, analysts, and other reporters talk up Apple. Apple wonders. Apple sales. Apple leadership. Apple at the top. I only report what is front page news for this is the News section of Mobileread. In a way, I am like that mere "slave" that rode along with Caesar and as the crowds cried out in adulation, glorifying Caesar, the slave said repeatedly "thou are only a man." I ride in the chariot with Apple and say thou are only a machine. It's a sad thing to have to kick sand onto a God, but still some of us don't shirk at important missions. |
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