wired.com — Despite Apple?s reputation for being a notorious gatekeeper with its iPhone App Store, there?s a way to sneak in content such as porn, profanity or potentially malicious code, with no hacking required: Easter eggs.
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Closed AccountMay 20, 2009
The developer that did that would surely be prevented from submitting any further apps. Not a good idea IMO.
yabosMay 20, 2009
And so what. You get your app on there, someone finds your hidden content, Apple finds out and bans your developer account. That's a good way to blow $99 and your chances of ever getting a developer account again.
techdeverMay 20, 2009
with an exploit? yellosn0w works in the background for example...
pauldyMay 20, 2009
Without inside knowledge I can see what apple does, check to make sure the interface works and is fluid, profile the app for use of undocumented api's attempting to write to areas it is not supposed to. Quickly check through the resources of the app for objectionable material. If undefined material is found pass it on up the chain for further scrutiny.The likely hood of most easter eggs making it past here is slim but should it and you get your app onto the store and it shows up on digg, your dev license gets revoked your app pulled and your now relegated to jailbreak options and your not allowed to play in the walled garden any more.
mmockettMay 26, 2009
On that screenshot, how did they get a little magnifying glass on one of the tabs at the bottom? Is that an app?
Closed AccountJun 5, 2009
"But he also secretly planted an Easter egg (programmer parlance for a secret feature) into the app for users to unlock the dirty words if they so pleased."Add a Profanity Filter option that comes turned on by default but the user can turn off? Why make it a "secret", just make it a toggle switch that comes turned on?