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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

A fake app masquerading as password manager LastPass just got pulled from the App Store | TechCrunch

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Apple has removed a fake app that was masquerading as password manager LastPass on the App Store. The illegitimate app was listed under an individual
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    YOU ARE PROTECTED IN OUR WALL GARDEN! APPLE USES HAVE NO NEED T- oops, anyway YOU ARE PROTECTED.

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    Its beyond irresponsible it wasn’t pulled the moment the most recent revelations came about. It also made me wonder if Apple “sees” certain fields of your keychain items, in-line with their conflation of convergent encryption as e2ee and other assorted privacy antics

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      Why would you assume they “see” certain keychain fields based on the article?

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        “Because APPLE BAAAD”

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    How’s that walled garden working out?

    • Vub@lemmy.world
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      I am surprised this happened, it’s the first case of anything like this that I have heard of. Do you know of any other cases?

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        really?

        https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/25/chatgpt-scam-apps-mac-app-store/

        https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apples-app-store-approved-these-crypto-scam-apps-how-to-stay-safe

        https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/developers-complain-that-apple-promotes-scam-apps-on-the-app-store/

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          Thanks for the links. I wasn’t aware of those, it sounds like PlayStore level of crapware in those cases, although you have to be REALLY dumb to be fooled by such obvious ones. But if you’re a very technically challenged person I am sure it is possible.

          But the case with the LastPass clone is definitely much more malicious.

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            But if you’re a very technically challenged person I am sure it is possible.

            Isn’t that Apple’s demographic? People get an iPhone or Mac because it just works and they don’t have to worry about complexity and choice. Freedom can be paralyzing to people.

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