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Not allowed. :(

• palish 18y ago
  Wait -- what? Seriously? Wow. I wonder what their reasoning is.
  • allenbrunson 18y ago
    to avoid apps that look like one thing, then mutate into something altogether different, through scripts it downloaded from the internet. since apple approves all apps that get into the app store, they don't want apps that substantially change their own nature.
    • palish 18y ago
      So is all data banned? (E.g. files.) Because any data can be used for that purpose. Can Apple view the Objective-C source code of apps they're about to approve/deny, to see whether you were trying to do something shady like that?
      • allenbrunson 18y ago
        no, i don't think "any data" could be used for that purpose. they were thinking of scenarios like this: developer writes app that can be extended substantially with scripts. somebody else writes a script that extends that app into a combination phishing scheme and porn viewer. and no, apple does not review an app's source code, just the finished binary. a little surprising, because it seems like it would be far easier to detect malicious apps by looking at the source. i guess they decided that would be going a little too far.