Has anyone else noticed websites automatically opening App Store?
I don't know if this is a vulnerability opened up in IOS 7 (when I firs noticed it) or if it's just something unscrupulous web vultures have recently discovered, but I've noticed I'll be on a website (usually one of those websites with lists, or pictures, or something designed to drive you to more and more page hits so you know they are already on the edge) and all of a sudden, the App Store opens to some stupid game or another. Normally, it would ask you first even if you selected a link to an app.
Worse, maybe Apple is in collusion now with web developers? I hope not.
If the former, Apple, if you ever read these, please look into this.
Apple rarely, if ever, comments on news stories, even to main stream media, so that's not surprising.
I've noticed exactly what you have, and there is definitely no link clicking going on.
Programming wise, it's actually pretty simple to do, and doesn't require the user click a link to open the AppStore.
I've noticed it mainly happens on forums or web-sites that are funded by affiliate links and adverts, and in my experience, the links are almost always to games.
Quite annoying, but its just standard Javascript used by less scrupulous web sites. I'm not really sure what, if anything, Apple could do, as such people will find ways around and move quicker than any blocks Apple might be able to implement.
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I have been overcharged and just this past week discovered it! Now I have a credit balance from iTunes and try to
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This article will guide you on how to re-install OS X by Lion Recovery :
OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery
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Has anyone else noticed this bug with multitasking gestures on iOS 5?
I recently updated my iPad 2 to iOS 5 and have just noticed this bug with multitasking gestures.
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scoobyman wrote:
Hi keffa
After the time spent and attention to detail in replicating this fault, I do think that you should email your findings to Nokia Care to be found on:
http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4222231
This is after all a discussion forum and others may find the same bug, but until it is logged at Nokia there is little chance of future modification if required!
Done already. They may of course have corrected this in the 11.x firmware currently being rolled out but as I don't yet have access to it I can't say.
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scoobyman wrote:
Hi keffa
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Done already. They may of course have corrected this in the 11.x firmware currently being rolled out but as I don't yet have access to it I can't say.
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