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Kotaku: iPhone Games Caught Stealing Phone Numbers? [Legal]
Joystiq: iPhone dev accused of harvesting player phone numbers
Inside Social Games: Social Gaming Roundup: A Tough Week, Cyworld, Miraphonic, Storm8, Glu, EA
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RT @boingboing iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers - Boing Boing http://bit.ly/3gkB3B there goes another addiciton 8 days ago |
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Law Suit against Storm8, Vampires Live on iphone. Stealing information http://bit.ly/45J4ZY 9 days ago |
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RT @BlackHatEvents: RT @WeldPond: Backdoor in iPhone game steals players phone numbers. Expect more of this. http://bit.ly/13tRdg 11 days ago |
iPhone Games Caught Stealing Phone Numbers? [Legal]
Kotaku —
... who are behind iPhone games like World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, "has written the software for all its games in such a way that it automatically accesses, collects, and transmits the wireless telephone number of each iPhone user who downloads any Storm8 game". Apparently this number-farming went unannounced until August, when Storm8 finally fessed up, saying it was a"bug". Michael Turner, the man filing the suit, says "poppycock" to that, and is after damages. iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers [boing boing] ...
iPhone dev accused of harvesting player phone numbers
Joystiq —
... As if, in this world of economic hardship and international strife, you need another thing to worry about. iPhone developer Storm8 has been accused of stealing the phone numbers of players that downloaded its apps like Vampires Live and Zombies Live in a ...
Social Gaming Roundup: A Tough Week, Cyworld, Miraphonic, Storm8, Glu, EA
Inside Social Games —
... Storm8 sued for collecting phone numbers – The developer of iMobsters and Vampires Live is accused of illicitly pulling user’s phone numbers, according to a class action suit filed in Seattle by one Michael Turner. Storm8 said in August that a “bug” was causing it to collect numbers; the suit says that doing so requires “very specific and specialized software code.” ...
iPhone Developer Accused of Using Games to Harvest Phone Numbers
1UP RSS feed —
... making this story sound like one of those annoying local advertisements for personal injury attorneys, here it is: If you or someone you love recently purchased and played an iPhone game from developer Storm8, such as iMobsters or Vampires Live, it appears your phone number may have been collected without your consent. Or, at least, that's what Lynnwood, WA resident Michael Turner is accusing the company of doing in a class action lawsuit he recently filed (BoingBoing, via ...
iPhone Dev Faces Lawsuit Over Number Farming
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
... Seeking injunctive relief and damages, the data harvesting suit alleges that the iMobsters and Vampires Live studio exploited an "electronic backdoor" to learn players’ numbers, reports Boing Boing. ...
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