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Unfortunately, it seems they don't have efficient ways to prevent scams like that.
Your case reminded me the ledger fake app that was available there and lead to some millionaire losses.
Even more unfortunate is that the android store also isn't free from this risk =/
Ah, almost forgot, I wish good luck solving this issue!
by Rophlock
No, it's notorious that they don't.
by PaulHoule
So what's the app?
by KiDD
After some sleuthing, the app appears to be ClipGrab.
Legit website: https://clipgrab.org/
App Store link to alleged "fake" app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clipgrab/id6761039605
As far as I can tell, the App Store app doesn't claim any affiliation with clipgrab.org or the open source app. It doesn't even do the same thing.
by runjake
You don’t explicitly say why you think Apple should take action. You don’t say you own that trademark, or that doing that is against the license of your open source app.
Which of these is it?
> I reached out to Apple via their trademark complaint form a week ago. All they seem to have done so far is forward my complaint to the author of the scam listing.
What else would you expect them to do in that period? You told them “App X is breaking trademark Y that I own and I didn’t give them permission to do so”. They can’t take that at face value, so they asked for a rebuttal. A week isn’t too long a period to give them to reply, isn’t it?
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- Hacker News
- Unfortunately, it seems they don't have efficient ways to prevent scams like that.
Your case reminded me the ledger fake app that was available there and lead to some millionaire losses.
Even more unfortunate is that the android store also isn't free from this risk =/
Ah, almost forgot, I wish good luck solving this issue!
by Rophlock - No, it's notorious that they don't.by PaulHoule
- So what's the app?by KiDD
- After some sleuthing, the app appears to be ClipGrab.
Legit website: https://clipgrab.org/
App Store link to alleged "fake" app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clipgrab/id6761039605
As far as I can tell, the App Store app doesn't claim any affiliation with clipgrab.org or the open source app. It doesn't even do the same thing.
by runjake - You don’t explicitly say why you think Apple should take action. You don’t say you own that trademark, or that doing that is against the license of your open source app.
Which of these is it?
> I reached out to Apple via their trademark complaint form a week ago. All they seem to have done so far is forward my complaint to the author of the scam listing.
What else would you expect them to do in that period? You told them “App X is breaking trademark Y that I own and I didn’t give them permission to do so”. They can’t take that at face value, so they asked for a rebuttal. A week isn’t too long a period to give them to reply, isn’t it?
by Someone