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

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

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Post by chihuahua »

kotaKat wrote: post #135
meindnoch wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not only that, but the milk man also acts like he did them a huge favor. And hides his huge fortune in a tax haven, while relentlessly campaigning for the government to increase the tax burden on those who actually pay taxes.

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

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Post by sandoze »

lwhi wrote: post #157
visiondude wrote: post #96

My hypothesis is that headspace registered many user notifications and since user notifications trigger an app launch and perhaps you have optimize storage by offloading apps enabled? ios has a quirky app state where some local data exists but the app itself (ipa package) is offloaded

In which case, perhaps the app doesn't correctly remove notifications on delete which would mean Headspace could be to blame?

There’s no indication to the developer or app when a deletion happens. We rely on the OS to clean it up.

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

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Post by dylan604 »

lwhi wrote: post #157
visiondude wrote: post #96

My hypothesis is that headspace registered many user notifications and since user notifications trigger an app launch and perhaps you have optimize storage by offloading apps enabled? ios has a quirky app state where some local data exists but the app itself (ipa package) is offloaded

In which case, perhaps the app doesn't correctly remove notifications on delete which would mean Headspace could be to blame?

We've already seen where iOS notifications was storing messages, so it does seem plausible that notifications are involved. Especially as the latest release patches the notifications issue used by law enforcement. It's possible something new was introduced, revealed, etc. The timing feels right

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

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Post by gcr »

Do you have any MDM profiles installed? Go to Settings → General → VPN And Device Management. If you use your phone for work your employer may have asked you to install one, but check anyway. MDM profiles can specify apps to be installed automatically.

Also, is developer mode enabled?

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

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Post by theowaway »

wincy wrote: post #142
donkey_brains wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But why this one specific app and no others?

Maybe it’s like that time Apple thought everyone wanted that awful free U2 album that they automatically added to everyone’s iTunes library. (I know this isn’t actually the case but it’s the funniest explanation)

that fucking thing still shows up on my phone from time to time. It's aural herpes
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