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Apple quirk lets pirates build a giant store of fake iPhone apps
CNN Money ^ | December 23, 2015: 12:06 PM ET | by Jose Pagliery

Posted on 12/23/2015 2:37:21 PM PST by Swordmaker


App pirates on vShare are letting you download free versions of paid iPhone apps.

App pirates are letting you download free versions of paid iPhone apps by taking advantage of a quirk in Apple's iTunes approval process.

The pirated app website, vShare, even works on iPhones that aren't "jailbroken."

Apple goes through great lengths to control which iOS apps are allowed in its iTunes App Store. Traditionally, the only way to install an app from outside the official app store is to jailbreak your iPhone.

But vShare has figured out how to get around that, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint and several other researchers contacted by CNNMoney. Proof point researchers gave CNNMoney an exclusive look at research that it will release on Wednesday.

How vShare beats Apple security

Apple lets corporations create their own internal apps for employees. If a company pays $299 per year and joins the Apple Developer Enterprise program, its apps get a special, trusted certificate.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: applepinglist
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To: Swordmaker

Hey Swordmaker,
I came across this article that might be of interest to you

Apple Pay Poised for Dominance and What That Means for the Future of Credit Cards
http://singularityhub.com/2015/12/22/apple-pay-poised-for-dominance-and-what-that-means-for-the-future-of-credit-cards/


41 posted on 12/25/2015 3:21:04 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: ReignOfError

Xiaomi will be porting great apps to IOS and you will be buying them. One you are sure to buy is called “how to find your arse in the middle of a raging snowstorm”


42 posted on 12/25/2015 7:25:37 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

How’s your track record of predictions? Let’s go to the archives ...

“Apple will lose 98% of their Asian sales. HP is in very very close cooperation with the Taiwanese geniuses producing a superior product. They have torn part hundreds of iPads and know what makes them tick. They know how to make it all work better and the result is the HP TouchPad” — dennisw, 7/15/2011


43 posted on 12/26/2015 4:18:31 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError

I thought only the top two percent IQ people bought Apple junks____ you are the exception
But Tallyho and carry on none the less


44 posted on 12/26/2015 7:49:53 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Swordmaker
http://www.mi.com/en/minote/

Wow. Aside from the products, their slavish imitation of Apple's Web design is pretty impressive.

45 posted on 12/26/2015 9:31:01 AM PST by ReignOfError
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