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Fake Shopping Apps Are Invading the iPhone (nypost.com)
An anonymous reader shares a NYPost report: For tech-focused scammers, knocking off sneakers and handbags is so last decade. Thieves in the digital age are slamming consumers right in the app. A slew of knockoff shopping apps have quietly infiltrated Apple's App Store in recent months, looking to lure unsuspecting iPhone owners with bogus deals on everything from jewelry to designer duds. The fake apps mimic the look of legit apps -- and have proliferated since this summer, experts said. It didn't help that earlier this month, Apple introduced search ads in its App Store. The fake apps are buying search terms, it would appear, to increase their exposure to consumers. The crooks are looking to tap into the fast-growing market for mobile sales, which last year leaped 56 percent to $49.2 billion, according to comScore.Further reading on NYTimes (NYTimes has opened its paywall till November 9).
come up with a political parody app and you won't be able to have it on the App Store. Develop a phony shopping app and you're given the green light. This is what we call hypocrisy folks and why Walled Gardens aren't all they are promised to be.
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
I thought the appeal of the "walled garden" was that garbage like this wasn't supposed to make it into the App Store...
I often laugh about this.
"We don't have those scummy apps like in Android. Apple makes sure that everything is on the up-and-up so you don't have to worry."
"No they don't."
"Well, you should know better than to trust these ridiculous offers! It's not Apple's fault!"
"But didn't you just say...?"
"Look! Apple's shipping a new adapter! Ooh...shiny..."