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Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by worthless-trash »

msgodel wrote: post #4
colesantiago wrote: post #3

As long as Apple collects their cut of popular apps through in app purchases, They don't care, and nobody cares. But they should. Tea will just update the app / force update the app to fix these issues.

They didn't even instrument the apps during review for the longest time. I think they recently started using an HTTP proxy to watch the connections they make. People put way more trust in the review process and app store gate keeping than it deserves.

Thr irony that i had apps rejected for asking for personal information only stored in the app.

But having drivers license stolen is fine.

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by moralestapia »

sdoering wrote: post #6
znpy wrote: post #2

Rules are made up, and only apply to regular people.

[flagged]

Great quote. I wouldn't ascribe it to conservatism, though.

Corruption is part of human nature, it's present wherever there are humans.

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by anonzzzies »

TradingPlaces wrote: post #10
anonzzzies wrote: post #7

I see many breaches and people still use the products. Even tech stuff: people knowingly using tech/dev products of people who are either sloppy, plain incompetent or both. I don't get it but here we are.

In the 80s and 90s I was positive that customers would revolt over the constant security issues and generally poor quality of Microsoft software. I don’t need to tell you that it did not happen.

True. Well, we as a company left them (in the 90s). Thats 500 people. So nothing. Still happy we did.

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by denismenace »

sdoering wrote: post #6
znpy wrote: post #2

Rules are made up, and only apply to regular people.

[flagged]

What does this "law" have to do with conservatism? Seems completely irrelevant and to related to the ideology at all. (Aside from being a skewed and straw-manned view of it)

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by camillomiller »

As a man who's always considered himself a strong feminist, I think that tea's issue are way more profound that just some data breach.

Women were convinced to trust the app as a safe space, but it never was for various reasons. First, as proven by the breach, privacy was not guaranteed. Second, I do not see how a women-only app made to complain on men can help any men get better in their behavior, instead of balcanizing society even more, creating camps and hatred. This is not safe in itself. It won't further women's condition in their relationship with men. It alienates men even more, gives arguments to the Jordan Peterson-style toxic masculinity influencers, and inevitably fosters toxic behavior in women too.

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by Simulacra »

testfrequency wrote: post #9

Privacy is a fundamental human right.* *Unless your app has an IAP and is wildly popular, then we don’t mind

It's possible, although I have zero proof, that some of the people responsible for removing apps from the App Store, agree with it. The moderation has always been bull crap and recourse is little if any.

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by cyanydeez »

testfrequency wrote: post #9

Privacy is a fundamental human right.* *Unless your app has an IAP and is wildly popular, then we don’t mind

Privacy is a fundamental capitalist product.

Theres something that changes in the brain when it learns that everything can be translated to cash value.

Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?

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Post by amarcheschi »

TradingPlaces wrote: post #10
anonzzzies wrote: post #7

I see many breaches and people still use the products. Even tech stuff: people knowingly using tech/dev products of people who are either sloppy, plain incompetent or both. I don't get it but here we are.

In the 80s and 90s I was positive that customers would revolt over the constant security issues and generally poor quality of Microsoft software. I don’t need to tell you that it did not happen.

We didn't revolt when tobacco companies screwed generations of people, and this is just an example of the many screwing happened in the past from big companies, I'm not positive on the fact people will revolt for privacy breaches such this one
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