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.
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 10:19PM (Unverified) said
Thanks to the flow chart posted in another article, I can confidently say:
Oh Snap!
Reply
Oh Snap!
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 10:40PM MisterDark said
What the hell? Someone changed the comment system? It's...eerie.
Reply
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 11:56PM Tiptup300 said
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)
Reply
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)
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 10:54PM Alex McKee said
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.
Reply
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 11:42PM DanB91 said
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
Reply
they describe 1337 as an "untrusty friend" lulz
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=287689337&mt=8
Sorry, you must be logged in to leave a comment.
Featured Stories
The most popular posts
in the last 7 days
- Vita 'UMD Passport' won't be offered in US 220 comments
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning review: A tempting fate 153 comments
- David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update] 107 comments
- Don't call it a remake: Final Fantasy X is a 'remaster,' to be clear 95 comments
- Battleship movie adapted into FPS by Double Helix 93 comments









