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First iOS, Now Mac OS X In-App Purchases Hacked

Posted by timothy on from the next-up-7-11-purchases dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last week Russian developer Alexey Borodin hacked Apple's In-App Purchase program for all devices running iOS 3.0 or later, allowing iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to circumvent the payment process and essentially steal in-app content. Apple [Friday] announced a temporary fix and that it would patch the holes with the release of iOS 6. While Cupertino was distracted, Borodin came in and pulled off the same scheme on the Mac."

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  1. See! Macs just work! by Chas · · Score: 0, Troll

    Amiright?

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  2. Re:Overreacting by mattgoldey · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can never quite tell if the people that make this argument are trolls or they're just trying to rationalize their use of BitTorrent to download stuff illegally. If you take something that's not yours and it's something that would normally require payment to acquire, then you're stealing. It's theft.