Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

131–140 of 202 posts

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#131

Post by waiwai933 »

burnt-resistor wrote: post #129
snailmailman wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think carriers have the ability to install apps on iOS. I’ve always thought it’s weird that they can do that on android.

They absolutely do. Some countries mandate some apps that cannot be removed. While Apple doesn't allow carriers to install mandatory bloatware apps, it allows country-specific "national security" apps and background processes that don't have app icons. It's been this way almost forever in pretty much every country that just about every mobile device, it's just Apple has been a bit better for users. https://www.wired.…

Those articles don't seem to support what you're saying? Russia's apps aren't preinstalled, they're just offered as suggestions, and India never got their app installed. I certainly don't see anything that mentions background processes in either article either.

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#132

Post by joenot443 »

Bjartr wrote: post #20
_-x-_ wrote: post #19

Here's a Reddit thread of other people experiencing the same issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1su82sc/headspace_app_...

Based on that I'd guess either a meditation app company has figured out how to circumvent a lot of controls put in place by Apple, or it's a bug on Apple's side

My guess is it's a bug on the App Store side which will actually hurt Headspace in the long run. If this was a casino app I'd feel a bit differently, but I'd be shocked if someone at Headspace did this deliberately.

I'm trying to imagine the headspace of a user who deletes an app, only to see it pop back the next morning. Probably not a very relaxing experience :)

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#133

Post by andy_ppp »

fmajid wrote: post #115
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #45

I wonder if U2, or Bono, has taken a significant stake in Headspace recently (kidding).

It's not good four my blood pressure to be reminded of that sanctimonious tax-dodging hypocrite.

Have you considered meditation? ;-)

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#135

Post by kotaKat »

meindnoch wrote: post #104
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #45

I wonder if U2, or Bono, has taken a significant stake in Headspace recently (kidding).

It was so fucking funny. I wonder what the engineer thought, who had to issue the SQL query which added Bono to literally everyone's collection. Like, I'm not surprised that management was so out of touch, but I'd expect the engineers to have a bit of common sense...

"We wanted to deliver a pint of milk to people's front porches, but in a few cases it ended up in their fridge, on their cereal. People were like, 'I'm dairy-free.'" -Bono

Literally imagining the milk man bursting in to dump a gallon of milk on some poor sod's cereal this morning.

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#136

Post by School-Cotton »

meindnoch wrote: post #104
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #45

I wonder if U2, or Bono, has taken a significant stake in Headspace recently (kidding).

It was so fucking funny. I wonder what the engineer thought, who had to issue the SQL query which added Bono to literally everyone's collection. Like, I'm not surprised that management was so out of touch, but I'd expect the engineers to have a bit of common sense...

Have you ever worked at a big company? There are plenty of people who don’t give a shit and just do whatever their boss tells them.

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#138

Post by jdiff »

a34729t wrote: post #31
Bjartr wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on that I'd guess either a meditation app company has figured out how to circumvent a lot of controls put in place by Apple, or it's a bug on Apple's side

Or it is a mandated backdoor, and someone internally objected, and made it easier to exploit than it should be, or leaked how to exploit it?

Makes no sense for headspace to be using it if that were the case.

Re: Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

#139

Post by lbourdages »

forsalebypwner wrote: post #112
nottorp wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably requires a jailbroken ipad? I'll take it as a lesson to not even look at games on iOS [1]. I added it to my wish list on Steam, i might get it on a sale. [1] Not that iOS has many games. I can't afford the free ones.

No jailbreak required, just sideload it with a tool like Sideloadly. There are plenty of games, but it's understandable if you don't want to support Apple's practices.

Didn't know that tool existed, thanks for that! I assume it's using the development features in order to bypass protections?
Post reply on HN