Hey, I get to repeat an old adage!

"If it can't be played by QuickTime or VLC, it isn't worth watching."

This is the state of Apple malware: it's too stupid to even get past the company's passive barriers.

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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 

Hey, I get to repeat an old adage!

 

"If it can't be played by QuickTime or VLC, it isn't worth watching."

 

This is the state of Apple malware: it's too stupid to even get past the company's passive barriers.

on the contrary, very smart. 

They knew that Apple would likely sort out that the software wasn't what they said and reject it. So they gambled on enough folks not having the whole "app store and certificates only" on or being stupid enough to override the block and install it anyway. 

And they are likely right and will get enough verified mobile numbers to make the attempt worth it. Just like the folks phishing for credit cards with the whole MacProtector crap. 

Originally Posted by charlituna 
They knew that Apple would likely sort out that the software wasn't what they said and reject it. So they gambled on enough folks not having the whole "app store and certificates only" on or being stupid enough to override the block and install it anyway. 

That's on by default. Meaning you have to be smart enough to turn it off for this to affect you, meaning you're smart enough not to install it. 

And to think that you don't even need an app to pull videos off of youtube. You only need an iOS user agent and a docklet to grab the stream and save it to a file.

Originally Posted by Phone-UI-Guy 
And to think that you don't even need an app to pull videos off of youtube. You only need an iOS user agent and a docklet to grab the stream and save it to a file.

Or Click2Flash and something that can right-click.