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Is this paid for by your employer, Microsoft or are you just doing this for fun? Apologies for the blunt question, but you've often run anti-Google, anti-Apple stories and are well known as a 'kept blogger'.
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This post doesn't contribute positively to the discussion, and doesn't address the actual question raised by the parent as to the OP's motivation for creating his blog.
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who is gruber.. Forgive me for being naive..
Dude, the word "Gruber" is a hyperlink in the article. Just click on it.
EDIT: No, seriously. If someone has no idea who Gruber is and they click through to his site, tell me where on the screen they would see information that answers the implicit question "Who is Gruber and why would him finding out about this problem aid its resolution".
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To be more verbose than molecule: Gruber is an Apple-focused blogger who gained a lot of influence in the Apple world over time. A lot of people interested in the Apple "world" follow his blog. So, if he were to get this problem and blog about it, Apple would make sure it'd be fixed fast…
I very much doubt that assertion. Gruber complains quite a bit, I can’t recognize any pattern of Apple fixing specifically the problems he has faster.
Though, in any case, one thing you can be sure of is that when he blogs about something, it gets significant attention in the tech sphere. You wouldn't be able to link a fix directly to him afterwards, but I think it's fair to say that his blow-horn is loud enough to have some influence.
OK, let's make this a movement. Tell me your stories: http://myappleidhasbeendisabled.tumblr.com
Is this paid for by your employer, Microsoft or are you just doing this for fun? Apologies for the blunt question, but you've often run anti-Google, anti-Apple stories and are well known as a 'kept blogger'.
Consider these posts in recent history: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReviewMicrosoftTouchMouseForWi... (critical of MS hardware)
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HackersCanKillDiabeticsWithIns... (well-researched article)
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/RequestForCommentsIssuesWithNE... (a common question raised among .Net developers)
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I am blaming Apple for: * the fact they "allow the purchase first" and "warn later." * their warning email has no fraud or dispute mechanism * I've never purchased a game like this so they my usage pattern should be a red flag Apple should have fraud systems as powerful and convenient as VISAs.
I can sympathize with you. But even suspect credit fraud is also "purchase first" "warn later". Refusing to let a new device purchase anything without a thorough check is a ridiculous idea. But I do agree that as the iTunes store grows, the anti-fraud mechanism should be vastly improved along the way. IIRC Apple just began to send those emails out to remind costumers of suspicious activity due to rampant credit card…
Not necessarily. My credit card was refused just two days ago because the purchase seemed unfamiliar to Chase. And it's common (and often annoying) for cards to be blocked when you travel abroad.
I think it'd be fair for a new device from a different location to be blocked. Not a thorough check, but an email would work. But in that domain you can never find a compromise that works with everyone.
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Are there examples of things that were fixed by Apple specifically because Gruber blogged about it?
Back when there was all the controversy about really stupid and occasionally offensive App Store rejections, Gruber took the rare approach of actually criticizing Apple on his blog. So Apple VP Phil Schiller personally responded to Gruber's latest post and Apple began making some sweeping changes to their review processes.
I don't know why he is blaming apple for the security measure. It could be apple's fault that he was hacked, it could be otherwise. Still apple only knew there was a new device using his account, legit or not it didn't know for sure. I have at least 9 iDevices hooked up to my account as of late, on average 3 more each year. And I don't think apple can do much more to validate each and every one of them without being…
I am blaming Apple for: * the fact they "allow the purchase first" and "warn later." * their warning email has no fraud or dispute mechanism * I've never purchased a game like this so they my usage pattern should be a red flag Apple should have fraud systems as powerful and convenient as VISAs.
Really? So you'd like to be actively prevented from purchasing your first app on any new device you purchase in the future?
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You effing fanbois? This post doesn't contribute positively to the discussion, and doesn't address the actual question raised by the parent as to the OP's motivation for creating his blog.
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Back when there was all the controversy about really stupid and occasionally offensive App Store rejections, Gruber took the rare approach of actually criticizing Apple on his blog. So Apple VP Phil Schiller personally responded to Gruber's latest post and Apple began making some sweeping changes to their review processes.
And just to completely deaden the joke, this was clearly a facetious little bit of hyperbole, not a statement of actual fact.
I don't know why he is blaming apple for the security measure. It could be apple's fault that he was hacked, it could be otherwise. Still apple only knew there was a new device using his account, legit or not it didn't know for sure. I have at least 9 iDevices hooked up to my account as of late, on average 3 more each year. And I don't think apple can do much more to validate each and every one of them without being…
I am blaming Apple for: * the fact they "allow the purchase first" and "warn later." * their warning email has no fraud or dispute mechanism * I've never purchased a game like this so they my usage pattern should be a red flag Apple should have fraud systems as powerful and convenient as VISAs.
The same goes for purchasing something like you've never purchased before. Hell, one of the commercial strengths of the App Store/iTunes concept is that it gets people to do exactly that. There's nothing particularly suspicious about that.
We don't implement such paranoid measures either in other web-services or in real live, so I find it rather overblown to demand Apple does this.
The one thing I agree with is that there should be a better fraud reporting mechanism.