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Apple Fighting Back Against In App Purchase Hack, But Service Still Operational

sweetbrat said:
If someone wants to steal, they'll find some way to do it. I don't think it's fair to blame the news sites for posting this. It's relevant to the MacRumors community because it involves a security issue. I think it's actually helpful that places are posting it, provided they're also telling people why it's insanely stupid to use this hack. It might actually discourage some people from trying it.
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He must be a great artist. As great artists steal.
 
… allow App Store users to bypass Apple's In App Purchase mechanism and receive additional content free of charge…

Be honest MR it allows them to steal content.
 
StyxMaker said:
… allow App Store users to bypass Apple's In App Purchase mechanism and receive additional content free of charge…

Be honest MR it allows them to steal content.
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Be honest StyxMaker, MR said exactly that in the next line.

"...allow App Store users to bypass Apple's In App Purchase mechanism and receive additional content free of charge. At the time, we noted that use of the method involved theft of content from developers..."​

Also, "For Free" does not mean one didn't steal it, it means one didn't pay anything for it. If you didn't pay for something you should have, that's stealing. It's also still free.
  • "Free" - The cost of an item.
  • "Stealing" - The method by which one acquires said item.

And FYI, if you forge a price tag of $5 on a $1000 diamond, pay the clerk $5, and walk out, it is still theft, and it also wasn't free.
 
haincha said:
Any person with a jailbreak can get this same thing, without having to send your info through a rogue server. If you're non jailbroken and attempt this, you deserve any penalty that could be handed out.
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Let me see if I understand, if you jailbreak it's ok to steal content, if you don't jailbreak then you should be punished for stealing content.
 
Tmelon said:
I went to the guys website about this hack to check it out and he had requested that Apple give him an iPhone 5 and then he would shut down his service and personally show them how he did it so they could improve their security. With all the money Apple has in the bank I don't see why they aren't bribing him off instead of trying to get law enforcement involved and letting this hack go on for a third day.
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That's known as extortion.
 
Erwin-Br said:
I'm wondering how many of you using big words like "thieves" and "criminals" have never illegally downloaded music or a movie before.

Either all the Saints of the Internet are on this single forum, or we have a bunch of hypocrites here.
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Count me as one, I've never downloaded music or movies without paying for them. I'm not a saint, i just not a theif.
 
Swordylove said:
Heck, Apple should probably even hire him as a security tester (or what ever they're usually called). That's what lawful hackers do... they help corporations and banks to improve the security of their systems.
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If you said that Apple should offer him a job, I'd fully agree. Offer him a job, send him a flight ticket to San Francisco, - and let the cops pick him up on the airport. He wouldn't be the first idiot getting caught that way.

But giving him a job? That is absolutely stupid. This is a person who has demonstrated that he has no morals, and no judgement. A person who has amply demonstrated that they cannot be trusted. What makes you think that Apple doesn't have people looking for security problems and fixing them? You just don't hear of them because they don't exploit problems, they fix them.
 
JGowan said:
I think you mean "flea". Fleas are super fast jumpers. On the other hand, Ticks either crawl very slowly on you or are attached, sucking on you (or your pet.)
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I meant a tick, but what I meant wasn't hard to catch, should be "hard to remove"...
 
madrag said:
I meant a tick, but what I meant wasn't hard to catch, should be "hard to remove"...
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Fleas are in fact much harder to remove, and usually requires special shampoo or medication over a period of time. Ticks on the other hand are easy to find and remove with ones fingers in about 2 seconds.

Source: I'm a country boy.
 
Earendil said:
Fleas are in fact much harder to remove, and usually requires special shampoo or medication over a period of time. Ticks on the other hand are easy to find and remove with ones fingers in about 2 seconds.

Source: I'm a country boy.
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Depends on the fleas and ticks... Some ticks, after removal, leave their insides on the host and that's the worst scenario!

Other ticks can be removed with vinager or a burning match.

Fleas are indeed hard to catch, but I meant removal (on topic of the post I wanted to mean that this hack will be as hard to remove as a tick)

maybe I should have said a lyce? or better: hard to remove like a staph infection.

P.S. I'm also a country boy :)
 
frabber said:
Grown up men (apple and hackers) chasing each other over bits and bytes.

Sigh, Richard Stallman was right all along.
It's just not right getting all legal or charging money for software.
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Do you work for a living?

Do you give away your labor for free?
 
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I'm just wondering why Apple never saw this comming ?

I mean... even since IOS x..... ? even IOS6 is affected... I wold be more woried about the security of the device, then running around after some guy.

Deal with this later... Fix the issue first.
 
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