Fake Camera+ app hits the iPhone App Store

[Jack]

How much trust do you put in Apple's stewardship of the App Store - the online marketplace where you can download apps for your iPhone or iPad?

Chances are that you don't think twice about installing software from the App Store - after all, all the software up there has been verified by "Apple", right?

Well, just because Apple has put in procedures to police their App Store, and - unlike the Google Android platform - pre-approve each app, doesn't mean that fake or malicious apps have never appeared.

This weekend the iPhoneography blog spotted a bogus app posing as the popular Camera+ application.

Fortunately, iPhoneography's Glyn Evans realised something fishy was afoot and contacted Tap Tap Tap, the real makers of Camera+, and asked them to confirm whether the app - which claimed to be "THE MOST AMAZING CAMERA+ VERSION YET" - was legitimate or not.

Oh, Apple and your all too often disappointing approval process. Thanks to Glyn Evans for noticing this Camera+ fake: iphoneography.com

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[Jack]

This something very rare.... I hope no one will get fired over this ....
Even if in this case this Apple approval procedure for apps didn't work , Google should really take it as an example because it will dramatically increase the security on their Android market.