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tech.yahoo.com - 27 days ago

Lawsuit claims iPhone games stole phone numbers (Macworld.com)

— tech.yahoo.com — Macworld.com - Browse the App Store for developer Storm8’s many popular iPhone games, and you’ll encounter the... same message over and over again: “The item you’ve requested is not currently available in the US store.” (more) Lawsuit claims iPhone games stole phone numbers  ...

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theiphoneblog.com - 28 days ago

Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, Collecting iPhone Users’ Phone Numbers

— theiphoneblog.com — The Register is reporting that a lawsuit has been filed against an iPhone game developer for privacy... violations: The complaint claims best-selling games made by Storm8 contained secret code that bypassed safeguards built into the iPhone to ... (more) Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, ...

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Sigh. iPhone apps w/backdoors. http://bit.ly/2cJXnE 26 days ago

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Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, Collecting iPhone Users’ Phone Numbers
The iPhone Blog — The Register is reporting that a lawsuit has been filed against an iPhone game developer for privacy violations: 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. [...] to access, collect, and transmit the wireless phone numbers of the iPhones on which its games are installed,” states the complaint, which was filed in US District Court in Northern California. “Storm8 does so or has done so in all ...