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Apple highlights App Store protections, says it blocked $1.5B in fraud in 2020In a new feature, Apple is highlighting some of the ways that it says protects developers and users, and claims that it stopped more than $1.5 billio…
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Apple versus Epic trial ends with attorneys questioned by judgeLawyers for Apple and Epic Games debated about market definition and potential remedies on the last day of the <em>Epic Games v. Apple</em> trial, ca…
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Texas man fired for selling school-owned iPads in the Apple Crime BlotterShots fired near a Pittsburgh Apple Store, Find My iPhone solves Akon's car theft, and several iPhones were seized from a Capitol riot defendant. …
... Kenya arrested for iPhone Instagram scam A man in Kenya who ... is accused of running a scam. The Star reports the man ... -
Apple says Grindr, Scruff not targets of App Store guideline changeApple has clarified that a recent change to its <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store">App Store</a> guidelines is only targeting illici…
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Camera app development for iPhone: Halide Team on the AppleInsider podcastLux Optics, the maker of Halide for <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone">iPhone</a> and iPad joins us on a special episode of the AppleIn…
... like, "Oh it's a scam, they ask you for money ... could even help with like scam apps that usually also do ... -
Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad ideaApple has released a new research report detailing the reasons why it prohibits the sideloading of apps on <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/i…
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Larry David sends up App Store review process in unaired WWDC14 videoApple tapped actor, comedian and writer Larry David for what appears to be a promotional video created for a past Worldwide Developers Conference, th…
... months identified a number of scam apps that slipped past App ... -
Californian sentenced for smuggling fake iPhone parts in the Apple Crime BlotterIn this week's roundup, dozens of Capitol riot defendants wiped devices, a Five Guys employee's Apple Watch was stolen, and a Kenyan woman's iPhone i…
... described how the double-stolen scam works, as well as the ... -
macOS Monterey impressions, Google Pixel 6, iPhone vs. Android on the AppleInsider podcast...On this week's AppleInsider Podcast, your hosts discuss Apple's <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/Magic-Keyboard">Magic Keyboard</a> with Touc…
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Vocal App Store critic discontinuing iPhone keyboard app, citing rejectionsApple Watch keyboard app FlickType is discontinuing its <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone">iPhone</a> keyboard feature, citing years of…
... been a vocal critic of scam apps on the App Store ... , saying that the marketplace enables scam and copycat apps. The developer ... of monopoly power, and the scam app problem. Read on AppleInsider -
Researchers who built rudimentary CSAM system say Apple's is a dangerA pair of Princeton researchers claim that Apple's CSAM detection system is dangerous because they explored and warned against similar technology, bu…
... little chance of such a scam working out. Additionally, users will ... -
Developer disputes Apple's take on 'FlickType' removalKosta Eleftheriou, developer and vocal <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store">App Store</a> critic, says it took a year of appeals to ge…
... monopoly power, and enablement of scam apps. As it pertained to ... -
Bitcoin scammers steal $69k using iPhone 13 event as a lureScammers utilized a fake event stream, a faked Apple website, and the promise of free Bitcoin to scam unsuspecting fans during the <a href="https://a…
... promise of free Bitcoin to scam unsuspecting fans during the iPhone 13 reveal event. This obvious scam earned $69k in Bitcoin. Image ... sent back. This was a scam, but there was just enough ... -
iPad used for bogus Walt Disney World tours in the Apple Crime BlotterFederal indictments for multiple SIM-swapping conspiracies, Uber driver sues over iPhone seizure by police, and a botched iPhone sale leads to "malic…
... ." Man charged in SIM swap scam involving iPhones A California man ... part in a SIM swap scam involving several iPhones that targeted ... -
FCC says carriers should better protect phone users, plans new regulationThe FCC is planning to introduce a new requirement for phone carriers to combat scams involving SIM-swapping and porting users' accounts to criminals…
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Apple confirms 'Report a Problem' button will fight App Store scams, fraudApple has confirmed that a new "report a problem" button in <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store">App Store</a> listings is meant to fi…
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Thieves abused Apple's enterprise app programs to steal $1.4 million in cryptoThieves have used a combination of social media, dating apps, cryptocurrency, and abuse of Apple's Enterprise Developer program to steal at least $1.…
... million from unsuspecting victims. A scam circulating for six months has ... number is likely higher. "This scam campaign remains active, and new ... have shared details of the scam with Apple. As of Thursday ... -
Beware of fake Apple event streams touting bitcoin scamsApple will not be offering free Bitcoin to anyone watching the "Unleashed" event -- but scammers are trying to make people believe they are. <div …
... believe they are. This obvious scam earned $69k in Bitcoin. Image ... people last time, their September scam centered on streaming a series ... and promising a giveaway. The scam involved claiming that Apple would ... -
New York Apple Store stabbing and an iCloud hacker in the Apple Crime BlotterAn official guilty plea from an <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/icloud">iCloud</a> nudes hacker, fake Mark Zuckerberg arrested in Africa, an…
... October 22 about a growing scam in which fake employees place ... shipped to Nigeria, where the scam is believed to have originated ... -
'Wordle' clones further illustrate the curation problem in the App StoreClones of popular word-guessing game "Wordle" are flooding the App Store, including one that steals the name and hijacks the intent of the original w…
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FlickType developer's App Store lawsuit allowed to proceedA developer's lawsuit against Apple over cloned apps and scams in the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store">App Store</a> is being allo…
... enough to deal with the scam apps, as it has no ... prevented him from competing while scam apps were permitted to thrive ... -
Australian man alleges all of his iOS and macOS devices have been persistently hackedAn Australian man claims to be the victim of an incredibly wide and persistent hack of all of his Apple devices -- but his claims that a dating app d…
... ." He began receiving dozens of scam calls a week. Then, he ... -
Malware being installed by fraudsters using Apple's TestFlightCryptoRom scammers are now using Apple's TestFlight software pre-release testing system to distribute malicious apps to vulnerable iPhone users. <…
... million from victims. Now, the scam has evolved to utilize Apple ... talked to victims of the scam, who noted that they'd ... likely a mark of a scam. Additionally, users should not install ... -
Do not click links in text messages that come from your own phone numberUsers on Verizon's network have reported receiving text messages that appear to be sent from their own phone numbers. Here's why you shouldn't click …
... links in this most recent scam appear to be harmless, messages ... -
Crime blotter: Capitol riot defendant who feared iCloud exposure pleads guiltyIn the latest Apple Crime Blotter, siblings in a Stanford MacBook theft ring plead guilty, a man pulls a knife while stealing a MacBook, and <a href=…
... in prison for stolen MacBook scam A brother and sister, one ... -
Apple will have to face claims that it benefitted from iTunes gift card scamsA federal judge declined to dismiss claims that Apple benefitted monetarily from stolen gift card schemes, meaning that the company will have to face…
... of the proceeds from the scam and did not properly reimburse ... benefit from proliferation of the scam, that Apple is fully capable ... , benefitted from perpetuation of the scam," the judge wrote. This is ... -
Crime blotter: Shots fired near Fifth Avenue 'Cube'In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, Fetty Wap jailed for FaceTime call, cops seek a serial iPhone thief, and accused Apple Store thieves are arrested.…
... has become a common online scam. The woman, the report said ... -
Apple won't call to ask you to tell them a code you get on your iPhoneA tech YouTube personality was recently the target of an attempted phishing attack, recounting on Twitter how a phone caller impersonated Apple to tr…
... a phone call attempting a scam took place. Called at 7 ... the video by describing the scam attempt as "pretty advanced," warning ... also advised to report the scam calls to the FTC, or ... -
Crime blotter: A California Apple Store robbery is caught on TikTokIn the latest Apple Crime Blotter, Mike Lindell sues the FBI over his seized iPhone, a mayor's security detail stops a robbery near an Apple Store, a…
... $1 million Apple gift card scam each must pay $60,000 ... -
Apple's $100M Small Developer Assistance Fund starts paying outApple has finally started to pay <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store" title="App Store" data-kpt="1">App Store</a> developers from the…
... .). I thought it was a scam and almost ignored it. My ...
