He believed Apple’s App Store was safe. Then a fake app stole his life savings in bitcoin.

Discussion in 'all things Mac' started by Rasheed187, Mar 4, 2023.

  1. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    This is an article from a year ago, but it's a good reminder that you can't blindly trust on apps in app stores from both the iOS and Android.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/30/trezor-scam-bitcoin-1-million/
     
  2. Daveski17

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    More Apple bashing eh?
     
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    What are we doing, scraping the bottom of the barrel on Apple News. The article is a few days shy of 2 years ago. OLD NEWS! I'm sure it has improved. Btw: I can't see the article without subscribing to The Washington Post and I have no interest in subscribing.
     
  4. Buddel

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    I am not a subscriber to the Washington Post, but I can read the article without any problems.
     
  5. ProTruckDriver

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    That's weird, I can't read the Washington Post using Firefox but I can read it using Safari on the Mac.
     
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    I can read the article using FF and Edge. Hm, weird.
     
  7. Rasheed187

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    It doesn't really matter if it's old news, as long as it's relevant, and I'm sure it still is on both Android and iOS. Also, Trezor is once again under attack of hackers, they even warned about it on Twitter and on the Trezor forum. So I wouldn't be surprised if hackers once again will try to make you download some fake app, which makes this 2 year old article very relevant.

    https://twitter.com/Trezor/status/1630526933199998977
    https://forum.trezor.io/t/phishing-attacks/174/28
     
  8. Rasheed187

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    Perhaps it's a location and browser thing? For people who can't read it, you can try to clear your cookies, or you might want to read these articles, which should be visible for all:

    https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/30/bitcoin-scam-app-costs-iphone-user-life-savings/
    https://cointelegraph.com/news/iphone-user-blames-apple-for-600k-bitcoin-theft-via-fake-app
     
  9. Daveski17

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    Definitely the bottom of the barrel. This obsession with Apple bashing is approaching the pathological. o_O
     
  10. Rasheed187

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    A general comment:

    If you're a true Apple fanboy, who want to keep believing in this facade that people don't get hacked in real life on Apple devices, I can see how this article can hurt your feelings. To others it's very informative, even if this happened nearly 2 years ago. I personally wouldn't call it bottom of the barrel. But anyway, I should stop feeding trolls, because it's funny how you never see them in threads where I criticize Windows. They only pop up in threads about Linux and Apple, it's so predictable and almost pathological. :argh:
     
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