Tor Project: Fake Tor App Has Been In Apple's App Store For Months

Posted by Unknown on Thursday March 20, 2014 @08:34AM from the well-he-paid-his-developer-fees-so-... dept.

itwbennett (1594911) writes "For the past several months Tor developers have unsuccessfully been trying to convince Apple to remove from its iOS App Store what they believe to be a fake and potentially malicious Tor Browser application. According to subsequent messages on the bug tracker, a complaint was filed with Apple on Dec. 26 with Apple reportedly responding on Jan. 3 saying it would give a chance to the app's developer to defend it. More than two months later, the Tor Browser app created by a developer named Ronen is available still in the App Store. The issue came into the public spotlight Wednesday when people involved in the Tor Project took to Twitter to make their concerns heard. Apple did not respond to IDG News Service's request for comment."

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TOR on Apple? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-03-20 08:44 · Score: 5, Funny

If you're trying to use TOR on an Apple device, you're doing it wrong.
1. Re:TOR on Apple? by asmkm22 · 2014-03-20 09:15 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  "Take a TOR of our lovely walled garden!"
Re:Nonsense. by Krojack · 2014-03-20 09:21 · Score: 4, Funny

Because it's an iPhone! Apple knows what's best and they even examined the code! Geez..
Do not question the Apple Gods.
Re:Typical Apple idiocy by uCallHimDrJ0NES · 2014-03-20 09:50 · Score: 3, Funny

CORRECT!!!

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Re:strange priorities ... unless they already knew by Smauler · 2014-03-20 20:08 · Score: 1, Funny

OP clearly said next to the link "showing a little bit of flesh". What did you think that meant?