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iPhone Games Caught Stealing Phone Numbers? [Legal]
kotaku.com - 28 days ago
iPhone Games Caught Stealing Phone Numbers? [Legal]
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The fact the iPhone is a veritable wild west for developers can often be a good thing. Then again, when shadier outfits start releasing shadier apps, it can also be a bad thing. Take iPhone game...
iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers
boingboing.net - 28 days ago
iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers
— boingboing.net — vampireslivethumb.jpg Iphone game developer Storm8 exploited an "electronic backdoor" to learn the phone numbers of players, according... to a class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco. Filed on behalf of Lywood, WA resident Michael Turner, the suit ... (more) iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone ...

Comments vote down iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and ... found this 28 days agofound this
switched.com - 26 days ago
App Developer Sued for Stealing Customers' iPhone Numbers
— switched.com — Storm8 , the developer of popular (but terrible) iPhone games like 'Vampires Live' and 'iMobsters,' has found... itself on the wrong end of a potential class-action lawsuit . A lawsuit has been filed, on behalf of Washington resident Michael Turner, ... (more) App Developer Sued for Stealing Customers' iPhone Numbers

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Gizmodo:  Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers [IPhone Apps]

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Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... of games such as World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, has just be hit with a suit for secretly gathering the phone numbers of everyone who purchases its games. It's not the first time we've seen this; Swiss developerMogo got busted gathering numbers and then calling people to harass them to buy more apps, which is certainly a more brazen move. Storm8 claims that this was a bug, but they're getting sued anyways. It doesn't pay to be shady, devs! [Boing Boing via Kotaku] ...

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