Thread: Apple banishes developer who points out security flaw
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Old 11-09-2011, 06:16 AM   #2
murraypaul
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He was banned for submitting an app that exploited the flaw, not for pointing it out.

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He proved his theory by building a stock-market monitoring tool called InstaStock, which connected to a server he controlled once it was installed on an iPhone or iPad. He was then effectively able to gain complete control of am infected device. Miller posted a YouTube video of the technique: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTtuwQYNmk)

He told Reuters on Monday that several hundred Apple customers had downloaded the free app and that it had connected to his server, but said he had not installed any other software on their devices.

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"Apple has good reason to believe that you violated (the iOS developer agreement) by intentionally submitting an App that behaves in a manner different from its intended use," the email said.
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