November 9th, 2009 by ahoogAs more and more consumers use smart phones and the thousands of apps in the various market places, I am very concerned about an increase in identity theft, spyware, malware, etc. I understand Apple’s code review process is rigorous but as with any highly competitive market, everything happens fast. Will Apple, Google and others do enough to protect their users or will speed to market win (and consumers lose)?
A maker of some of the most popular games for the iPhone has been surreptitiously collecting users’ cell numbers without their permission, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The complaint claims best-selling games made by Storm8 contained secret code that bypassed safeguards built into the iPhone to prevent the unauthorized snooping of user information. The Redwood City, California, company, which claims its games have been downloaded more than 20 million times, has no need to collect the numbers.
via Backdoor in top iPhone games stole user data, suit claims • The Register.
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