Update: Apple has now removed the scam authenticator apps from the App Store – see end of piece.
Twitter’s latest bonehead move has led to a flurry of scam authenticator apps, with at least one of them using App Store advertising to figure prominently in search results – and then sending all scanned QR codes to the developer’s analytics service.
There’s a whole array of others that appear to be free but then require in-app purchases in order to scan QR codes …
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