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Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, Collecting iPhone Users’ Phone Numbers
theiphoneblog.com - 26 days ago
Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, Collecting iPhone Users’ Phone Numbers
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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 ...
iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers
boingboing.net - 29 days ago
iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers
— boingboing.net — vampireslivethumb.jpg Iphone game developer Storm8 exploited an "electronic backdoor" to learn the phone numbers of players, according... to a class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco. Filed on behalf of Lywood, WA resident Michael Turner, the suit ... (more) iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone ...

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Storm8 iPhone games pulled from App Store following privacy lawsuit
mobile-ent.biz - 20 days ago
Storm8 iPhone games pulled from App Store following privacy lawsuit
— mobile-ent.biz — Storm8 iPhone games pulled from App Store following privacy lawsuit... (more) Storm8 iPhone games pulled from App Store following ...

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readwriteweb.com - 21 days ago
iPhone Game Maker Apologizes for Stealing Phone Numbers, Calls Lawsuit "Meritless"
— readwriteweb.com — A federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday is charging an iPhone development firm with collecting users' cell phone... numbers without their permission. The developer, a game-making firm by the name of Storm8, is the entity behind popular games like iMobsters, ... (more) iPhone Game Maker Apologizes for Stealing Phone Numbers, ...

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The Free 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. [...] … Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, Collecting iPhone Users’ Phone Numbers ...

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