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Apple Highlights How the App Store Prevents Fraud Amid Legal Battle With Epic Games
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It clearly wasn’t clear if it’s being questioned
I for one am glad there is this kind of supervision. The numbers are staggering. I don’t think the completion that wants to do this themselves realise how much effort goes into this.
Trick question. In 2007 how many scam apps were in the app store?
Isn't the the slippery slope argument the poster you quoted was painting.
These claims were made by way of a press release NOT under oath during the legal case against Epic.
The only way to really stamp out fraud in the app store is to close it down and only allow Apple made apps.
You don't know if Apple does anything or not. Maybe victims of app store fraud are under NDA. On the other hand, I'm 100% that apple has it covered in their TOS. (Pretty sure google has it covered as well)
So you believe Apple is lying and cannot "prove" the numbers cited? Or are you just opining on the fact that the numbers aren't verified?
a alternate store never going to happen for privacy and virus reason.
Maybe...but as the saying goes, you might win the battle but not the war. There are many going after Apple all over world so they have many battles to win yet...even if they win this one.
Not smart at all. I do not want to have to give my information to multiple stores to use
My phone effectively. This opens a can of worms. It doesn’t solve a problem, it actually kills the solution that Apple solved with the AppStore. It also means too many other companies will need deeper hooks into our OS making more Vulnerable to attack. I think Apple should layout as they are all of the things they do to protect the store and agree to allow stores that match the level of protection with and equal investment into the security of the platform. And ensure that platform is completely separate from Apple’s for safety. They should demand that the court system manage these protections and investments are consistent via a 3rd party auditor. Customers should not be required to figure out what stores are safe and which are not. This would solve that problem.
It’s based on the fact that Epic will not be investing on this level to protect Apple’s customers that they want to het a free ride on. Apple cannot manage these protections that their customers expect from the outside and with all of the data breaches safety is a big deal.
I believe the point to this display of information is that Apple already knows Epic’s security is lacking under normal circumstances, but when compared with Apple’s over the top efforts, they are atrocious.
This may be preparation for a round of questioning that reveals Epic’s lack of effort to secure their own platform.
1. Apple has never claimed its perfect, just that the AppStore process is better than the alternative.
2. How would multiple AppStores improve the problems of fraud detection and copycat apps? It would make it harder not easier to address.
3. If you think Apple is going to lose, I’ve got some nice oceanfront property in Kansas you might be interested in.
I’ll never understand this mentality. Apple isn’t forcing you to use its products, nor are they hiding what they do. It’s no secret that the AppStore is the only way to get apps on iOS. If that’s such a horrible thing to you it’s easy to not have to deal with it, don’t get an iPhone.
………ok. That or the question was an intentionally obtuse attempt at making a reasonable comment sound unreasonable.It clearly wasn’t clear if it’s being questioned
Maybe all of the apple management read the art of war. They may win enough battles.
I can’t wait to reply to this message with a “HAHAHA, I told you so”. It might take some time, but I know I will.
1. Why would you give your information to other stores?
2. Why would iOS all of the sudden become so vulnerable? Isn’t it supposed to be super secure?
3. Why would not you use the official App Store anyway?
Fair enough, I got that wrong with all the court case coverage.
Still doesn't mean you can just sprout bs in your press releases, especially not for publicly listed company, not normally and definitely not whilst there is an ongoing case.
Yep, people just have no idea what they should like. They could learn one thing or tow from haters.
Then I simply disagree with you. I'll explain:
It's stated in the article: These numbers are based on the number of apps and transactions Apple has blocked. What comparison is needed to make that statement?
Yes, but no claim of a perfect system was made. Apple knows it would be foolish to make a statement like that.
It's actually Nokia that made the statement that "the App Store is 'the safest place to find and download apps'", according to the article. Now without knowing the context of the statement, it's difficult to determine how significant it is, but whether that's a weak defense -- assuming there's anything to defend here -- is for the court to decide. I suspect users who were potential victims of the blocked fradulent transactions probably have strong opinions on the matter.
Okay great, they blocked fraudulent transactions, but that still doesn’t make their point valid because how do you know how many of those transactions were blocked because of Apple’s control of the App Store versus what would be blocked by any standard level of transaction security? My point is, they are using these numbers as proof the App Store is necessary and what they said doesn’t prove anything.