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iPhone apps found on App Store with malware that reads your screenshots for data

19 pointsby mgh23 months ago

3 comments

moribvndvs3 months ago
It’s insane to me that these get published while Apple fights my team for almost a month about publishing a new version that has a link to a site that has a link to purchasing a subscription while having the gall to call it a matter of end user safety.
nottorp3 months ago
&gt; the duo identified a number of App Store apps that would use OCR to scan a user’s photo library in search of recovery phrases for crypto wallets.<p>So it doesn&#x27;t take screenshots without permission, it scans your photo library. Presumably the OS asks for permission for that.<p>The clickbaity title led me to believe the malware takes screenshots of other running apps and OCRs them.<p>Edit: original title here, in case it gets edited to something more descriptive: &quot;iPhone apps found on App Store with malware that reads your screenshots for data&quot;
puppycodes3 months ago
i&#x27;m always deeply annoyed that in articles like this, buried in the last 3 paragraphs they mention &quot;some&quot; of the apps