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Apple Stealth Piracy App Trio, Combined Age 215 Years, Face $18.5m Damages Claim (torrentfreak.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Hidden pirate features within seemingly harmless apps, known as "stealth apps," are slipping past Apple's App Store security, offering users access to pirated movies and TV shows. Taiwan's Criminal Police Bureau recently busted three individuals promoting unlock instructions for these apps to roughly 400,000 users. Surprisingly, this tech-savvy scheme was orchestrated by a group whose combined age totals 215 years.

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[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Combined age? Combined age. COMBINED AGE!

[–] far_university190@feddit.org 21 points 3 weeks ago
  • Liang – 73 years old
  • Shen – 62 years old
  • Lin – 80 years old
[–] Grunt4019@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Makes me think the article was written by AI.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting piece, didn't know about iOS stealth apps, and the ages of the accused certainly makes the news stand out —

— but can we talk about that hilariously bad "AI" generated picture they chose to illustrate it? That disembodied hand left of centre holding up the "iPhone"?

WHO WAS PHONE? 😄

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 12 points 3 weeks ago

Anyone care to share some stealth apps i can use to convert my old Gen 3 iPad into something useful instead of collecting dust?