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iPhone Game Developer Accused of Stealing Phone Numbers

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According to a lawsuit filed in San Francisco, iPhone game developer Storm8 has exploited an "electronic backdoor" to steal user phone numbers. If you have downloaded Storm8 games such as "Vampires Live" or "iMobsters" your numbers are very likely to have been stolen!
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Published: 49 days 12 hours ago | News | Mobile
 
 

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Madusha - 49 days 15 hours ago
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That's pretty stink for someone to pay money for the game and then end up having the game dev stealing from you. Why would they want to do it in the first place.
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skagrerrrr - 49 days 9 hours ago
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1.1 - it's free
storm8 games on the iphone are free
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Madusha - 49 days 9 hours ago
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Yes, I checked the iTunes store, free versions are available but some you have to pay for.
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pumal - 49 days 14 hours ago
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Maybe if they didn't call it a bug no one would of known.
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Madusha - 49 days 13 hours ago
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I'm surprised why Apple does not check through all the games for such 'bugs'.
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Elven6 - 49 days 11 hours ago
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That's a pretty funny bug, what kind of bugs

1. Know the exact location of your iPhone/iTouch contacts
2. Know to check for them everytime the app is loaded
3. Know to send said data to a remote server
4. Remote server knows how to accept aforementioned data and store it locally.

etc
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skip2mylou - 49 days 13 hours ago
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this is a low for a developer for iphone/ipod touch gaming shame on him
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Fatal Blow - 49 days 11 hours ago
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Damn u can't believe people these day's

these people need to go to jail and learn what they have done is wrong

lucky for me did not buy any of these game's

and my phone number is worth few thousands pounds because of the same numbers all the way
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Koblec - 49 days 11 hours ago
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Malware at its finest.. I smell lawsuits!
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Silly gameAr - 49 days 8 hours ago
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6 - Downloading right now.
Give me all of your info please. You know DLing is the future right?
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ckane15 - 49 days 7 hours ago
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paying someone to to take your info
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