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Mac App Store Apps Already Hacked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-didn't-take-long dept.

Stoobalou writes "The Mac App Store has only been open for 24 hours but methods for circumventing Apple's DRM are already hitting the Web."

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  1. This Is Completely Misleading by pyite · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Mac App Store wasn't hacked. Developers aren't properly checking licenses when the app is run, so of course using any arbitrary license file will work. Complete FUD.

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    1. Re:This Is Completely Misleading by Stoobalou · · Score: 4, Informative

      It doesn't say 'Mac App Store Hacked'... it says 'Mac App Store *APPS* Hacked', which is quite clear in my book.

    2. Re:This Is Completely Misleading by stewbacca · · Score: 4, Informative

      But the summary says Apple's DRM has been circumvented.

      DRM isn't mentioned in the article, and it is clear from reading TFA that this has nothing to do with Apple's DRM scheme (that is not mentioned in the article), but a way to trick the Rovio app.

      Complete waste-of-time non-issue FUD.

  2. Details on how app devs can update their binaries by seanalltogether · · Score: 4, Informative

    Developers need to change their validation routine to better check that the receipt really belongs to them. http://www.craftymind.com/2011/01/06/mac-app-store-hacked-how-developers-can-better-protect-themselves/

  3. BSD? PC? by mschaffer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, The Mac is just an expensive PCs and OS X is based on BSD. So, what's your point?

  4. horrible title by I8TheWorm · · Score: 3, Informative

    Did the poster read the article? Angry Birds can be copied freely by switching out a file used for Twitter because Angry Birds didn't use Apple's recommended security.

    I love to take jabs at Apple and the Cult of Steve, but this is a completely inappropriately titled article.

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  5. Re:Sweet by beelsebob · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't worry, the article just has an inflamatory headline. It's not not apple's security that's been broken, it's the security of apps that haven't followed apple's documented method of verifying that they're installed in a valid way.

  6. Re:Sweet by steve_bryan · · Score: 4, Informative

    Troll? Nah, uninformed and bombastic. If you knew what you were talking about you would know that this kerfuffle is about developers who did not bother to use the security measures provided by Apple. In the widely noted case Angry Birds just checked for a valid receipt without checking to see if it was a receipt for their app. It isn't just a matter of having an opinion, it helps to actually know something when you decide to comment.