Mac App Store Apps Already Hacked 148
Stoobalou writes "The Mac App Store has only been open for 24 hours but methods for circumventing Apple's DRM are already hitting the Web."
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This Is Completely Misleading (Score:5, Informative)
The Mac App Store wasn't hacked. Developers aren't properly checking licenses when the app is run, so of course using any arbitrary license file will work. Complete FUD.
Details on how app devs can update their binaries (Score:5, Informative)
Re:This Is Completely Misleading (Score:5, Informative)
BSD? PC? (Score:3, Informative)
Well, The Mac is just an expensive PCs and OS X is based on BSD. So, what's your point?
horrible title (Score:4, Informative)
Did the poster read the article? Angry Birds can be copied freely by switching out a file used for Twitter because Angry Birds didn't use Apple's recommended security.
I love to take jabs at Apple and the Cult of Steve, but this is a completely inappropriately titled article.
Re:Sweet (Score:5, Informative)
Don't worry, the article just has an inflamatory headline. It's not not apple's security that's been broken, it's the security of apps that haven't followed apple's documented method of verifying that they're installed in a valid way.
Re:This Is Completely Misleading (Score:5, Informative)
But the summary says Apple's DRM has been circumvented.
DRM isn't mentioned in the article, and it is clear from reading TFA that this has nothing to do with Apple's DRM scheme (that is not mentioned in the article), but a way to trick the Rovio app.
Complete waste-of-time non-issue FUD.
Re:Sweet (Score:5, Informative)
Troll? Nah, uninformed and bombastic. If you knew what you were talking about you would know that this kerfuffle is about developers who did not bother to use the security measures provided by Apple. In the widely noted case Angry Birds just checked for a valid receipt without checking to see if it was a receipt for their app. It isn't just a matter of having an opinion, it helps to actually know something when you decide to comment.