[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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