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I hacked a dating app (and how not to treat a security researcher)

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560 points bearsyankees | 7 comments | 12 May 25 16:39 UTC | HN request time: 1.415s | source | bottom
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koakuma-chan ◴[12 May 25 17:37 UTC] No.43965544[source]▶
I thought Apple was checking apps? How did this go through? In any sane jurisdiction exposing PII like that is illegal.
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1. hackan ◴[12 May 25 17:39 UTC] No.43965575[source]▶
nobody does a free security checkup xD not even apple
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2. tough ◴[12 May 25 17:43 UTC] No.43965612[source]▶
free? I thought they still had their 30% racket and wait while we review 3 months pipeline going for their walled gardens
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3. hackan ◴[12 May 25 17:45 UTC] No.43965655[source]▶
yeah, no. security evaluations cost a ton, and they take time. apple is doing nothing at all, just charging for being in a premium market.
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4. nixpulvis ◴[12 May 25 17:55 UTC] No.43965769{3}[source]▶
"Premium"

Apps on the app store are hardly much better than anywhere else.

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5. tough ◴[12 May 25 17:56 UTC] No.43965783{4}[source]▶
The "premium" presumably is the market apple's commands and nobody else's does

iOS users still spend more dollars per average in apps than android ones even if android has more users i think ?

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6. nixpulvis ◴[12 May 25 17:58 UTC] No.43965811{5}[source]▶
Also true. But it's just sad to see the average quality of an app has gone way down over the years.
7. koakuma-chan ◴[12 May 25 18:01 UTC] No.43965833{3}[source]▶
Didn't cost a ton for this article's author.