The company acknowledged the number harvesting in August, calling it a "bug," though the suit claims only specific code could have recorded and transmitted the numbers. So ... apparently that's a thing that happens. Have a great Saturday!
The company acknowledged the number harvesting in August, calling it a "bug," though the suit claims only specific code could have recorded and transmitted the numbers. So ... apparently that's a thing that happens. Have a great Saturday!
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 5:47PM Chibi Chaingun said
OMG Zombies! ...no seriously that's a game on the app store. :)
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 3:17PM sonicspike41 said
It could mean they are selling this information. They might send a copy of your name/number which they could then sell to "third parties", aka telemarketers and the like.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 3:28PM TRONdll said
Hah, I know someone who has every one of these "live" games. They're all exactly the same and revolve around pressing a "Do mission" button that gives you XP you can use to purchase items that give you more XP that you can only use on purchasing items that give you more XP.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 3:50PM (Unverified) said
90% of phones are on the "Do Not Call" list anyways. This form of marketing has become useless
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 3:58PM Martin C said
That's not really relevant here. It's a privacy concern, not "oh no I don't want to be bothered by telesales." I rarely give out my cell phone number anymore. I certainly don't want to do it without knowing and/or having a say in the matter.
And I call BS on the "bug" explanation too. They knew what they were doing.
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And I call BS on the "bug" explanation too. They knew what they were doing.
Posted: Nov 7th 2009 6:22PM APV said
Well I'm glad I don't play any of those RETARDED GAMES THAT SPAM THE APP STORE.
Really, what joy can someone get from clicking buttons and reading text. I hate those types of things. I'm amazed things like that are popular on the app store or at places like facebook.
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Really, what joy can someone get from clicking buttons and reading text. I hate those types of things. I'm amazed things like that are popular on the app store or at places like facebook.
Posted: Nov 7th 2009 7:54PM AntiVillian said
Notice all these games revolve around some kind of pretentious fad?
Gangster, Zombies
people don't play it because its fun.
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Gangster, Zombies
people don't play it because its fun.
Posted: Nov 7th 2009 6:23PM (Unverified) said
You know another really good way of getting phone numbers...a phone book.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 6:38PM (Unverified) said
How u get to change avatar or even register/login to this site?...
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Posted: Nov 7th 2009 7:11PM (Unverified) said
Omg anyone that is a programmer can say that that "bug" is complete bullshit.
I'm sorry you can't accidentally data collect and send that data back to yourself. Not possible.
They deserve to get sued. I would never think of ever putting something like that in one of my apps. Even mailing bug reports back with anonymous data should have user consent.
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I'm sorry you can't accidentally data collect and send that data back to yourself. Not possible.
They deserve to get sued. I would never think of ever putting something like that in one of my apps. Even mailing bug reports back with anonymous data should have user consent.
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