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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 1659447091 »

Do you use iCloud drive?

This might be a stretch as I am taking a guess at the implementation, but apps can sync with iCloud Drive and I keep getting app folders showing up after telling it not sync but the prefs reset after certain states(not quite sure when/how)-- it then creates a new sync folder when interacting with the app again. (after having turned off sync and deleting the folder -- once it resets)

I am wondering if that app had that feature (icloud drive syncing) and something of the reverse is happening. Where you have a document still on icloud drive from when you installed the app. Maybe there is some action or state change going on after interacting with drive on a mac or something similar. And now it's created the right circumstances for icloud drive to try and sync the file but there is no app on any device so it downloads the app instead since it's missing and there is some dangling file looking for its home.

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

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Post by aaron695 »

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

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

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Post by lovich »

slater wrote: post #29
lovich wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

When this forum handles the bot and propaganda problem I might consider those rules.

Currently we are inundated by accounts who don’t give a shit and make a new automatically 3 seconds after their flagging.

As long as those accounts are allowed I don’t really care for the stated rules that aren’t actually enforced.

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

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Post by lovich »

anon84873628 wrote: post #27
lovich wrote: post #24

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At least they're exposing their nefarious plans for the purposes of... Offering people mental healthcare? It's probably just some Apple bug.

Why did a mental healthcare company have the ability to exploit this?

Do you think they accidentally found this 5 seconds before their exploit was launched or do you think they might have actually put some effort into doing this since they are an organization of people.

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

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Post by _-x-_ »

COFyumo wrote: post #35

I have the same exact thing happening. I deleted the app a few days ago when was surprised to see it in my app list. I had previously downloaded the app but and removed it because I never used it. A few days ago I noticed the app when browsing through my app list and thought maybe I didnt delete it properly, so I made sure to delete it. Then this morning my iPhone updated software versions and I found he Headpsace ap…

That's interesting that it still showed up on your homescreen despite not being able to download
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