[HN Gopher] Fake app masquerading as password manager LastPass j...
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Fake app masquerading as password manager LastPass just pulled from
App Store
Author : pg_1234
Score : 40 points
Date : 2024-02-08 21:53 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (techcrunch.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (techcrunch.com)
| gnabgib wrote:
| Related: "Fraudulent App Impersonating LastPass Currently
| Available in Apple App Store"[0](from lastpass, 6 points 7 hours
| ago), "Fake LastPass password manager spotted on Apple's App
| Store" (34 points, 5 hours ago, 25 comments)
|
| [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39302640 [1]:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39304732
| Shank wrote:
| This has been an ongoing issue, albeit not with examples this
| egregious. If there's one thing I hope the DMA provides, it's a
| compelling case to Apple to more carefully review and reject
| scams worldwide. Every time an app like this slips through, it
| makes the platform worse. While some failures are expected, I
| really want Apple to do better than to let a direct impersonation
| of a password manager through.
| ikesau wrote:
| i'm not sure i understand you. you're saying third party app
| stores will incentivise apple to improve their quality control
| to better differentiate them from competing app stores?
| throwaway295729 wrote:
| How does an app like this get approved by Apple? Or do they sneak
| it in with an update?
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