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WhatsApp Beta updated for 6 & 6 Plus Screen Sizes

damn
I rather they dont have the "read" feature. So stalkerish.

I can see a lot of potential fights between couples (arguing)! LOL :rolleyes:

Can I have disable this?
 
Macrumours posted an article about an iOS virus mainly in china using enterprise provisioning. https://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/05/wirelurker-malware-affecting-macs-ios-devices/

That is exactly us. Installing the whatsapp beta from a Chinese site that uses enterprise provisioning. Time to wipe phone?
 
rageguy said:
Macrumours posted an article about an iOS virus mainly in china using enterprise provisioning. https://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/05/wirelurker-malware-affecting-macs-ios-devices/

That is exactly us. Installing the whatsapp beta from a Chinese site that uses enterprise provisioning. Time to wipe phone?
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Well, as far as I can tell this is about a virus that will install malware to your iPhone via USB using a enterprise provisioning profile.
As far as I know, for this to work, a provisioning profile will first have to be installed to your iPhone and would be visible in the profiles section of the menu.
I'm not sure about that, thought.

The guy who uploaded the beta to pgyer seemed legit to me so it would have to be the website itself doing the manipulation.

Maybr somebody could check the filesize of their self-signed app in the settings and report back?

Also, as far as I know the app runs in a sandboxed environment so I'm not sure how many and which permissions it actually has.

What I do remember is: when I installed the first beta, there was a box asking me if "wanted to allow ... (Some company) to run code on my device"

When I instlled the second and third beta I wasn't asked this again. This probably means that the iPhone remembered that I had previously allowed it.

Question: is there a way to retract this allowance and prohibit code by this company to run on my iPhone?
 
Jmausmuc said:
Well, as far as I can tell this is about a virus that will install malware to your iPhone via USB using a enterprise provisioning profile.
As far as I know, for this to work, a provisioning profile will first have to be installed to your iPhone and would be visible in the profiles section of the menu.
I'm not sure about that, thought.

The guy who uploaded the beta to pgyer seemed legit to me so it would have to be the website itself doing the manipulation.

Maybr somebody could check the filesize of their self-signed app in the settings and report back?

Also, as far as I know the app runs in a sandboxed environment so I'm not sure how many and which permissions it actually has.

What I do remember is: when I installed the first beta, there was a box asking me if "wanted to allow ... (Some company) to run code on my device"

When I instlled the second and third beta I wasn't asked this again. This probably means that the iPhone remembered that I had previously allowed it.

Question: is there a way to retract this allowance and prohibit code by this company to run on my iPhone?
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That being said, I believe the app is installed via iOS Enterprise Deployment. When I worked at a company that uses the same method to distribute internal apps, a profile installs along with the app. I installed the Pgyer beta but have no additional profile in Settings -> General.

Would be nice if someone could check the file size and OP explain why he is doing this for the Chinese site.

Ps China Gov does stuff like this to make you unvolutentary join their DDOS army.
 
mizxco said:
That being said, I believe the app is installed via iOS Enterprise Deployment. When I worked at a company that uses the same method to distribute internal apps, a profile installs along with the app. I installed the Pgyer beta but have no additional profile in Settings -> General.

Would be nice if someone could check the file size and OP explain why he is doing this for the Chinese site.

Ps China Gov does stuff like this to make you unvolutentary join their DDOS army.
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Just thought i'd chime in. Just doing it because I saw people distributing Movie Box through Pgyer, so I thought as people wanted a solution to the awful upscaling with the existing app, I'd create an account and upload the app as well.
 
Browno01 said:
Just thought i'd chime in. Just doing it because I saw people distributing Movie Box through Pgyer, so I thought as people wanted a solution to the awful upscaling with the existing app, I'd create an account and upload the app as well.
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Oh man, I just realized Pgyer is a user submitted site. That's a relief, can I ask how fast the page updates when you upload a new version? Not enough time for them to repack, right?
 
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mizxco said:
Oh man, I just realized Pgyer is a user submitted ecosystem. That's a relief, can I ask how fast the page updates when you upload a new version? Not enough time for them to repack, right?
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Instantaneous, pretty much. It just resigns the Provisioning certificate to allow it to be installed by anyone.
 
Browno01 said:
Instantaneous, pretty much. It just resigns the Provisioning certificate to allow it to be installed by anyone.
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So you don't have any concerns that the app might have been tampered with?

Did you also upload the latest version? Because it doesn't say your name in the description any more.

Appreciate it.

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mizxco said:
That being said, I believe the app is installed via iOS Enterprise Deployment. When I worked at a company that uses the same method to distribute internal apps, a profile installs along with the app. I installed the Pgyer beta but have no additional profile in Settings -> General.

Would be nice if someone could check the file size and OP explain why he is doing this for the Chinese site.

Ps China Gov does stuff like this to make you unvolutentary join their DDOS army.
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Yea, strange. There is nothing in that folder. I wonder how it even works. Without a provisioning profile, how can the app run?

Edit: ok I just tried downloading another app from pgyer and it only asks if you want to install it, not if you want to allow some company to install code like it did the first time I installed the beta.
So iOS must have saved pgyer as a trusted source somewhere but there is nothing in the Settings -> General -> Profiles which to me is not a good sign.
Basically pgyer can install anything they want on our phones.

I also don't think they would have to repack the app or anything. Since they now have permission to install stuff on our phones they can basically do it afterwards without us even noticing I think.
 
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Jmausmuc said:
So you don't have any concerns that the app might have been tampered with?

Did you also upload the latest version? Because it doesn't say your name in the description any more.

Appreciate it.

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Yea, strange. There is nothing in that folder. I wonder how it even works. Without a provisioning profile, how can the app run?

Edit: ok I just tried downloading another app from pgyer and it only asks if you want to install it, not if you want to allow some company to install code like it did the first time I installed the beta.
So iOS must have saved pgyer as a trusted source somewhere but there is nothing in the Settings -> General -> Profiles which to me is not a good sign.
Basically pgyer can install anything they want on our phones.

I also don't think they would have to repack the app or anything. Since they now have permission to install stuff on our phones they can basically do it afterwards without us even noticing I think.
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Yep it is mine. Noone else can add new builds to that URL except from me. I just forgot to add it to the description. :)
 
The blue ticks are pretty stupid. Also the group chat "read by" thingy. I turned off "last seen" because I don't want people questioning me why I didn't answer their messages when I read them. That kinda negates that feature.
 
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