iphone security bug ?

Hello,

There seems to be a huge bug on iPhone 4. Even though I disabled notifications ( sounds, alerts and badges all off), I still get notifications from a specific app (a Simpson's free game called 'tapped out'). How is this possible ? I would tend to think that when the user sets the notifications off, this choice is imposed to the application by the OS, rather than being the developer's choice to follow this choice or not. However, for this application, the choice seems to be disgarded. This is not a user error on my part, I can assure you that for this app, the notifications are indeed off, I double-checked. Many other users are also complaining about a similar issue (however they seem to think it's a app bug, but I would tend to say it's the OS's job to do that, not the app), for example here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/662347-the-simpsons-tapped-out/63837887

How is it possible, and how to solve this issue ?

Thanks

 

ok, thanks for your prompt answer. What I don't understand though is, how does it work, technically ? Why is it that the choice of respecting the settings is given to the app, rather than being imposed by the OS ? This is crazy, it seems like a huge security flaw. It's like if I had a firewall on my computer but it was up to the software whether to abide the rules set by the firewall. Or it's as if I chose to forbid an app to access my contacts, but it was up to the app whether to follow that choice. It just doesn't make sense.

Moreover, you're saying this is local. So it's done by the app, right ? Then why does this notification system even works if the application is CLOSED (double click on home, then long click on the app to force it to shut down) ??

 

I am not familiar with the way the apple support works. And it thinks it requires to give your apple ID, which I would rather not give, I don't like being tracked like that. If someone else is interested in this question, can (s)he do it then, and paste here the results of the support answer ?

 

Hehe, I guess you're right (though, as I side note, I don't use most of the things you mentionned. I don't use gmail, nor google (I use startpage), I don't use iCloud, I have GPS turned off, etc). I'm just not used to talking on forums and asking for support and things like that, that's all. I'm just a regular user, and was surprised to see this behaviour on my phone.

Well thanks for the help anyhow.