alex331

Born on August 01, 2019•7 Karma

on April 15, 2021

•on: Casino app disguised as a kids game on the App Sto...

The fact that these kind of apps are able to survive longer than 10 minutes after being reported is frightening.

One may argue that there is some misunderstanding but at least immediately blocking the app in the country it undoubtedly misbehaves would be a very logical first step before digging deeper.

Why would Apple not do exactly that?

bredren•

on April 15, 2021

If Apple turned an investigation team onto the app and pointed all forensics at it, I could see reason for wanting to collect data before shutting it down.

Not that Apple is in the position to put someone under arrest, but I believe LE investigations sometimes allow suspects to walk free in order to observe and collect additional evidence.

alex331•

on April 9, 2021

•on: The App Store is broken because it wasn't designed...

"""In current job postings, listed qualifications for App Reviewers primarily include nontechnical skills such as teamwork, curiosity, clear communications and resilience. A thorough knowledge of macOS and iOS is noted as “helpful,” but not a requirement."""

By what measures are you supposed to review an app without actually knowing how it works? How would you go about detecting malware when you don't even really know how iOS works? I don't know what's real anymore, this for sure can't be it.

Every "we use App Review to establish safety on the App Store" statement from Apple became completely worthless now.

alex331•

on Feb 8, 2021

•on: Apple’s App Store is hosting multi-million dollar ...

It's been a week since this issue became so highlighted. And a week since Apple still hasn't said a single thing. This is sad.