iPhone: iLive dev iPwnd for 'stealing' rival's data
Proving that there's still more head-shaking to be caused by the iTunes App Store in the wake of the "I Am Rich" app silliness, the developers of the 1337pwn.com Xbox Live friends list app for iPhone have accused the developers of the iLive Xbox Live friend list app of stealing their data and bandwidth. Oh no they d'int!
According to the 1337pwn gang, oh yes, they did. On its blog, the app author writes, "We discovered that the other XBOX Live Friends application available in the AppStore is/was using our data feeds without permission. They were stealing a nice chunk of bandwidth and CPU through their improper use of our server interfaces. These folks were using our data without permission, authorization, or credit given. Not cool."
What's both cool and funny is how 1337pwn went about getting its revenge. "With a couple of tweaks to our data feed, we are now credited for the data within their application. Given that we have a sense of humor, we have also incorporated new features such as a random online status," it revealed. The image above shows iLive pulling data from 1337pwn's server before its devs realized the jig was up. We've tested iLive since 1337pwn took action and found that most of its status fields now report "Suspended until next release." Well, at least we didn't pay for it.
According to the 1337pwn gang, oh yes, they did. On its blog, the app author writes, "We discovered that the other XBOX Live Friends application available in the AppStore is/was using our data feeds without permission. They were stealing a nice chunk of bandwidth and CPU through their improper use of our server interfaces. These folks were using our data without permission, authorization, or credit given. Not cool."
What's both cool and funny is how 1337pwn went about getting its revenge. "With a couple of tweaks to our data feed, we are now credited for the data within their application. Given that we have a sense of humor, we have also incorporated new features such as a random online status," it revealed. The image above shows iLive pulling data from 1337pwn's server before its devs realized the jig was up. We've tested iLive since 1337pwn took action and found that most of its status fields now report "Suspended until next release." Well, at least we didn't pay for it.












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christopher Grant @ Aug 26th 2008 7:05PM
Did they spell "Motto" wrong?
nxtiak @ Aug 26th 2008 10:14PM
Yes they did.
Titanium_Orchid @ Aug 26th 2008 10:21PM
a round of "Oh Snaps!" for everyone!
StarFoxA @ Aug 26th 2008 10:27PM
That's supposed to be "motto?" I thought it was something else.
Al2x @ Aug 26th 2008 11:20PM
hello moto
Albanian_Killa @ Aug 26th 2008 11:32PM
Oh snap!
mike_p @ Aug 27th 2008 4:35AM
They can't spell motto, they're stealing feeds AND they had the audacity to charge $2 for the app?
I pity the fool.
Ordeith @ Aug 27th 2008 1:20PM
..and it also made it through Apple's QC for the app store?
Way to go there.. lot of faith in you, Apple.
Titanium_Orchid @ Aug 26th 2008 10:19PM
Thanks to the flow chart posted in another article, I can confidently say:
Oh Snap!
Darkomatic @ Aug 26th 2008 10:40PM
What the hell? Someone changed the comment system? It's...eerie.
Tiptup300 @ Aug 26th 2008 11:56PM
It also doesn't make sense. It seems to think every person in the world will join more then return. Meaning that there is more chance of a person joining then him posting.
Think about it, If you are new and it is on "returning" you only have to click "new" once. Then you would never have to click it again, but NOOOO, lets have them have to click returning EVERYTIME!
Edit: SJKL:DFsdfjkl;jklasdfjkl;asdfjkl;asdf (forgot to click returning)
Alex McKee @ Aug 26th 2008 10:54PM
LOL I noticed that and had a good time figuring out why it was occurring. Never using iLive again tho, it's a POS compared to 1337pwn.
Mr.ESC @ Aug 26th 2008 11:03PM
Aim in ur iphonez, stealing ur infoz.
DanB91 @ Aug 26th 2008 11:42PM
look at iLive's page on iTunes.
they describe 1337 as an "untrusty friend" lulz
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=287689337&mt=8
Macroy @ Aug 27th 2008 2:16AM
I take that to mean that someone on the dev team was untrusty and stole the data from 1337pwn, and lied about it to the main iLive guy.