App Store Bug Corrupts Binaries; Angry Birds Crash 116
First time accepted submitter bargainsale writes "Many recent updates from Apple's App store are crashing immediately, including Instapaper. Instapaper's creator, Marco Arment, thinks this is due to corrupt binaries being distributed. As Angry Birds Space is among those affected, there is some hope that Apple may acknowledge the problem and fix it ..."
Re:Another Apple first (Score:5, Interesting)
iOS - the first operating system with package management that doesn't run hash-checks on installer packages to check for corruption. That's right, Apple did it first!
That's the weird thing, though... Apple not only DOES check it, they require the developer to cryptographically sign the entire package with keys they provide, and apps won't run unless it matches. There should be nothing in between that could modify code without tripping that up.