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Bitcoin Scam App Approved by Apple Robs iPhone User of $600,000+
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Imagine thinking that your phone maker was responsible for you spending real money on fake internet Monopoly money... and your own stupidity in not checking the legitimacy of an app that falls into a category that said phone maker is known to disallow on it's service.
Unfortunately that's the entitled world we live in now. The mindset of everyone else besides you is responsible for everything no matter what and you are never to blame for something you might have done. Everyone else owes you something for your mistakes.
It probably wouldn't have, but at least you won't have this false sense of security with Apple's app store and their claim that their walled garden is safer and better for users since they vet and approve all apps.
Correct. But if Apple has no control and pandemonium reigns supreme with rogue apps, it's only when one realizes that catching most of the bad apples is better than not catching most of them. You're turning this into an all or nothing conversation, when it should be mostly or less.
Isn't each individual Bitcoin supposed to have a unique identifier making it traceable? Seems like somebody should be able to find the stolen coins and return them and then persecute the thieves. 🤔
HE should have known? Or did you mean APPLE should have know? Since, you know, they’re Apple.
And what you mentioned won't go away if Apple charges $0 for the developer fee and $0 for the commission. The bar of $99 and 30% will not change the tide, it's false to think it will.
I’m sorry but no. Apple promotes security on its AppStore all the time yet allows fake apps like this one or apps that charge 69,99 after a free trial for an app that does nothing
This is Apple’s fault. They have created this false sense of security for the consumer.
They have to deliver, and on this they didn’t.
What your saying is if someone created an app that looks like my Bank and I entered my credentials it would be my fault? Nonsense.
Makes sense since crooks forced so many companies and individuals to pay billions in ransomware last year.
Andressen Horowitz and friends who invented these scams in the first place and own nearly all of it are laughing to the...bank.
Pyramid schemes aside all forms of gambling like this are part of the attention economy: the war for our attention that has made a small group of companies the richest in human history.
To a much greater extent than is generally acknowledged, the price of the free and open web that we have today is paid in privacy. Our every click, open and scroll is a signal that creates an item of data. Algorithms then sift and sort that data to build very detailed profiles of us, which in turn allows us to be targeted.
It's only when you try to find out what these companies know about you that you discover how much of yourself you've handed over.
If you are being offered anything for free, especially money, then YOU ARE THE PRODUCT.
Do you also think Google should be held legally liable for everyone who loses money to fraudulent emails opened in gmail and forced to repay? Doubt it.
This 👆👆👆
Seems like it would have been prudent for the user to perform a little due diligence before entrusting his credentials for accessing $600,000 to a free app.
The fact that a person that has accrued $600,000 in wealth can be so easily duped by an icon leads me to wonder if this is a legit case or someone trying to get rich quick? At some point personal responsibility has to be considered here versus blaming everyone else for your poor decisions.
Please tell me what the dollar is worth? You can't eat, it it's not directly tied to any commodities (well the petrodollar system, but that's a different kettle of fish).
There are many different types of crypto currency, so the statement regarding the energy use is meaningless.
It's also not really correct for a Bitcoin transaction:
Three Myths about Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption
You’ve heard it before, “Bitcoin burns as much energy as Switzerland, so much that it will accelerate global warming by a few degrees…
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Yes. It never hurts to do your due diligence when it comes to your safety and security.
no wonder WWDC is so popular. Gotta learn those iOS obsfucation techniques to rip off users
Ah, so Apple is intentionally bad at this so they can say imagine how much worse it would be if our app store wasn’t the only option.
if apple wants to preach how they deserve the 30% cut they should act like it
I haven't read about more than a handful or bad "apples" on the ios app store either. But going by the logic of all or nothing, one bad app and the app store should be disbanded (ios and android).
While this is harsh, I kinda agree. If you have $600K in a currency that is known for being a under scam attacks all the time, then you should do a little more research before doing anything with it. But at the same time, I would expect the App Store apps to be safe.