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Mac AppStore cracked using "Kickback"

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SmokeyRobinson

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http://gizmodo.com/5727080/mac-app-store-cracked-for-piracy
http://www.gadgetsdna.com/mac-app-store-cracked-and-ios-app-piracy-goes-p2p/7687/

Day 1 and the Mac App Store's security has been cracked. This means that, by installing a software called Kickback, you will be able to pirate any applications in the store. However, the crack will not be available until February 2011, according to Dissident:
We don't want to release kickback as soon as the [Mac App] Store gets released. I have a few reasons for that.
Most of the applications that go on the Mac App Store [in the first instance] will be decent, they'll be pretty good. Apple isn't going to put crap on the App Store as soon as it gets released. It'll probably take months for the App Store to actually have a bunch of crappy applications and when we feel that it has a lot of crap in it, we'll probably release Kickback.
So we're not going to release Kickback until well after the store's been established, well after developers have gotten their applications up. We don't want to devalue applications and frustrate developers.
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Well how noble of them not to release it until the AppStore is full of crap.

Not that I see the point, if something is worth pirating it obviously isn't crappy enough to ignore, right...? :rolleyes:
 
itickings said:
Well how noble of them not to release it until the AppStore is full of crap.

Not that I see the point, if something is worth pirating it obviously isn't crappy enough to ignore, right...? :rolleyes:
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Well considering this would mean you could get thousands of dollars of programs for free I would think so...

BTW someone else already posted the easiest exploit Ive ever seen in another section. I dont know if it works though.
 
SmokeyRobinson said:
Well considering this would mean you could get thousands of dollars of programs for free I would think so...
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My spontaneous reply would've been a short "Well, duh!", but obviously my previous post was far to subtle so I'll rephrase myself a bit -

What do you think, would anyone want "thousands of dollars" worth of crap for free, or is it the good software that will be pirated?

If you compare your answer to that question with the rationale given for the potential release of the claimed hack, are they fully compatible?
 
The way in which the App Store has been hacked does not endanger your personal security unless you download pirated versions of the apps from untrusted sources that could package the pirated versions with malware. For example, the iServices trojan in pirated iWork.
 
Junk article. You don't need a third party software to crack it.
 
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Consultant said:
Junk article. You don't need a third party software.
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It is pretty hard to have a complete computing experience without some third party software on any OS. Most people use social networking clients, online games, Adobe software, and etc.

Piracy just allows the possibility that the third party software you are using is a carrier for malware.
 
SmokeyRobinson said:
http://gizmodo.com/5727080/mac-app-store-cracked-for-piracy
http://www.gadgetsdna.com/mac-app-store-cracked-and-ios-app-piracy-goes-p2p/7687/

Day 1 and the Mac App Store's security has been cracked. This means that, by installing a software called Kickback, you will be able to pirate any applications in the store. However, the crack will not be available until February 2011, according to Dissident:
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How do we know it's been cracked? Reading the release, there are two possible reasons for not releasing the hack.

1) Their reason (altruism): :rolleyes:

2) My reason: they haven't cracked it yet, and are playing a cyber game of the following conversation.
A: I've just won the lottery!
B: Prove it - show me the ticket.
A: na uh - I wouldn't want to embarass you.
B: You haven't won the lottery have you.
A: ...
 
(marc) said:
Ridiculous. The devs should sue Apple for it.
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Speculation is that it will be released in February, after Appstore is well establised.

They say that they doesn't want to frustrate the developers by launching it right away. But we all know if they do it now or later, the reaction of developers will be a frustrating one.

And yes I second you that devs will for sure be making some steps for encountering such threats.
 
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flyguy206 said:
most people that pirate won't even use the mac store.
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Exactly, they will download a pirated version of an app from an untrusted source and then use the cracking method to enable it to run. This occurs with iOS apps via jailbreaking as well and it should be no surprise that it will occur with the Mac App Store given that Mac OS X is not a closed system like iOS. But, those pirated versions could be modified to be a host for malware, much like iServices in iWork, so it is the users choice to take the risk.

I don't see how the controversy about the "Mac App Store being hacked" is so sensational. Just like the iOS App Store, this type of piracy is a use at your own risk option for some users to get software. Just like downloading software from bittorrent, developers will have their software pirated no matter how much mitigations are put in place if the demand for a pirated version of the software is high enough.
 
munkery said:
It is pretty hard to have a complete computing experience without some third party software on any OS. Most people use social networking clients, online games, Adobe software, and etc.

Piracy just allows the possibility that the third party software you are using is a carrier for malware.
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Sorry, I didn't meant third party software is not needed.

I meant you don't need third party software to pirate a few Mac App Store titles that did not follow Apple's guidelines.
 
Consultant said:
Sorry, I didn't meant third party software is not needed.

I meant you don't need third party software to pirate a few Mac App Store titles that did not follow Apple's guidelines.
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No need to say sorry, I was the one that misunderstood.

I think "Kickback" will include both rejected apps and pirated versions of accepted apps from the Mac App Store just like jailbroken iOS app markets.

I heard it is already possible to pirate Mac App Store apps by cutting and pasting some files from the package contents of an official app into the package contents of the pirated app. Anyone else know of this?
 
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The people that write these programs should be prosecuted as accessories to theft. One count for every app illegally downloaded.
 
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