Apple Wages Battle To Keep App Store Malware-Free (networkworld.com)

alphadogg writes: Apple is facing growing challenges keeping suspicious mobile applications out of its App Store marketplace. Over the last two months, researchers have found thousands of apps that could have potentially stolen data from iOS devices. Apple has removed some of affected apps since it was alerted by security companies. But the problems threaten to taint the App Store's years-long reputation as being high quality and malware free.

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Ignoring the Elephant in the Room

[damn_registrars]

They can't really say they are 100% committed to protecting peoples' privacy when they keep pushing out the facebook app - which is of course dedicated to encouraging people to give up as much of their personal information as possible.

Re:Ignoring the Elephant in the Room

[AK Marc]

What's funny is that so many here don't like Apple that they hold it to a higher standard. Nike has been linked to many more human rights violations they blatantly ignore, and Apple's big sin is that they build in China (like everyone else, but it's somehow worse for Apple).

The suicide rate at Foxconn is less than an average American High School. Until a US president is brought up on crimes against humanity for NCLB, it seems a bit silly to condemn Apple.