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

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. strange priorities ... unless they already knew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apple can burn a book in seconds for showing a little bit of flesh, yet an application may be getting their users tortured in dictatorships and it takes them months to fix.

    I think we know who's been working for the NSA and then denying involvement; don't we.

    1. Re:strange priorities ... unless they already knew by John.Banister · · Score: 5, Informative

      In a similar example when Apple pulled the 500px Photo App "the company was informed of the removal just a few moments before it was pulled from the store," certainly not given months to defend it. In an effort to help Apple with their priorities, here's a link to the 50+ Best Apps for Watching Porn on iPhone.

    2. Re:strange priorities ... unless they already knew by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Typical American knee-jerk reaction. Showing a nude body is wrong but showing someone getting shot in the head is normal.

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    3. Re:strange priorities ... unless they already knew by lgw · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Clearly the TOR team is going about this wrong! Stop telling Apple "this app causes your customers to be tortured to death" - Apple cares not. Instead tell Apple "please pull this app, my kid used it to watch porn". Gone in 60 seconds.

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  2. TOR on Apple? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're trying to use TOR on an Apple device, you're doing it wrong.

  3. Typical Apple idiocy by bazmail · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They took about 30 seconds to take down that breast feeding app (a BREAST!!!), but something so utterly evil like an app that promises anonymity and delivers spyware gets to live on for months? Sounds like Apple may have received a National Security letter about this fake Tor app (i.e. leave it alone!) and are playing dumb.