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The developers are calling this a "bug." https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess/status/263995697571971072 https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess/status/26399569757197107

The developers are calling this a "bug." https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess/status/263995697571971072 https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess/status/263995697571971072 https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess/status/263995940602535936 https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess/status/263995940602535936

CF_HoneyBadger 14y ago
"Bug" my arse...someone was trying to prove a point / make a statement and it bit them. Hard. They will have to do some heavy backpedaling for me to believe it was a bug. I'm a developer. Ive created bugs and fixed bugs. This is not a bug. This is a "feature".
- mistercow 14y ago
  No, you see, triggering it for a legitimate user was a bug. In other words, they are unrepentant for including this feature in the first place, even though it's totally scummy and possibly illegal even when targeted at someone who really did pirate the software.
- mibbitier 14y ago
  It may well have been a "fun thing" they added in there, but never intended to release to the public. The "bug" could well have been that it was enabled in the public release. So, it's a feature, but the bug could have been that it was unintentionally 'enabled'.
  - troels 14y ago
    So they created a weapon and accidentally fired it at someone? In most jurisdictions, that would still be an offence.
mistercow 14y ago
I love how they apologize for the "inconvenience". Yes, the inconvenience of being impersonated and publicly defamed through your Twitter account.
UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
I did some more digging to check that Tracey as above is in fact an employee of the company who makes this app and indeed she is: http://www.being-a-broad.com/2010/11/tracey-northcott-of-enfour-inc/ http://www.being-a-broad.com/2010/11/tracey-northcott-of-enf... There are lot's of other verification links on google, just look for "tracey northcott enfour"
- ramchip 14y ago
  There's an official apology on their Japanese website where they refer to it as a bug: http://www.enfour.co.jp/news/121105apology.pdf http://www.enfour.co.jp/news/121105apology.pdf (JP)
- MrJagil 14y ago
  What a repulsive link. Those images are really distasteful.... Not the pregnancy part but the staging of it. As if your entire being revolves around your stomach, and therefor so should everyone elses. Sorry, I'm sensitive to this kind of thing. As if her life suddenly has meaning, so now she has to compensate for all the lost time. Congratulations, though.
  - UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
    Sorry. I only linked that because it is the first thing that came up in my google results and offers a fairly credible level of "proof" (since it has her name, photo, and the company's name). If she had something more professional I would have linked that and will happily edit my post with something like a LinkedIn profile or similar. I wasn't trying to embarrass or show up their spokesman, she just Tweeted from a non-company twitter account and frankly she could have been "anyone." So I wanted to verify that this person could speak for that company and share my findings.
  - SnydenBitchy 14y ago
    Good for you, I guess?
  - crntaylor 14y ago
    You're aware that pregnancy doesn't normally involve the stomach, right?
ErikHuisman 14y ago
They or rather Twitter should revoke their oauth keys. Then push an update to the store with new keys.
- UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
  Excuse my ignorance but would this work if the app is posting as the user themselves?
  - mikeash 14y ago
    They're using iOS's built-in Twitter functionality, which I believe Twitter sees as simply coming from iOS. Twitter might possibly have a way to block this stuff, but I don't believe it shows up as a separate authorized app for the users to deny.
mikeash 14y ago
Of course! Do you not routinely write bugs that result in your software accidentally impersonating people? It's so easy to do by mistake!
antidoh 14y ago
Oh. They slipped and fell on that impersonation code?

CF_HoneyBadger 14y ago

"Bug" my arse...someone was trying to prove a point / make a statement and it bit them. Hard. They will have to do some heavy backpedaling for me to believe it was a bug. I'm a developer. Ive created bugs and fixed bugs. This is not a bug. This is a "feature".

mistercow 14y ago
No, you see, triggering it for a legitimate user was a bug. In other words, they are unrepentant for including this feature in the first place, even though it's totally scummy and possibly illegal even when targeted at someone who really did pirate the software.
mibbitier 14y ago
It may well have been a "fun thing" they added in there, but never intended to release to the public. The "bug" could well have been that it was enabled in the public release. So, it's a feature, but the bug could have been that it was unintentionally 'enabled'.
- troels 14y ago
  So they created a weapon and accidentally fired it at someone? In most jurisdictions, that would still be an offence.

mistercow 14y ago

I love how they apologize for the "inconvenience". Yes, the inconvenience of being impersonated and publicly defamed through your Twitter account.

UnoriginalGuy 14y ago

I did some more digging to check that Tracey as above is in fact an employee of the company who makes this app and indeed she is: http://www.being-a-broad.com/2010/11/tracey-northcott-of-enfour-inc/ http://www.being-a-broad.com/2010/11/tracey-northcott-of-enf... There are lot's of other verification links on google, just look for "tracey northcott enfour"

ramchip 14y ago
There's an official apology on their Japanese website where they refer to it as a bug: http://www.enfour.co.jp/news/121105apology.pdf http://www.enfour.co.jp/news/121105apology.pdf (JP)
MrJagil 14y ago
What a repulsive link. Those images are really distasteful.... Not the pregnancy part but the staging of it. As if your entire being revolves around your stomach, and therefor so should everyone elses. Sorry, I'm sensitive to this kind of thing. As if her life suddenly has meaning, so now she has to compensate for all the lost time. Congratulations, though.
- UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
  Sorry. I only linked that because it is the first thing that came up in my google results and offers a fairly credible level of "proof" (since it has her name, photo, and the company's name). If she had something more professional I would have linked that and will happily edit my post with something like a LinkedIn profile or similar. I wasn't trying to embarrass or show up their spokesman, she just Tweeted from a non-company twitter account and frankly she could have been "anyone." So I wanted to verify that this person could speak for that company and share my findings.
- SnydenBitchy 14y ago
  Good for you, I guess?
- crntaylor 14y ago
  You're aware that pregnancy doesn't normally involve the stomach, right?

ErikHuisman 14y ago

They or rather Twitter should revoke their oauth keys. Then push an update to the store with new keys.

UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
Excuse my ignorance but would this work if the app is posting as the user themselves?
- mikeash 14y ago
  They're using iOS's built-in Twitter functionality, which I believe Twitter sees as simply coming from iOS. Twitter might possibly have a way to block this stuff, but I don't believe it shows up as a separate authorized app for the users to deny.

mikeash 14y ago

Of course! Do you not routinely write bugs that result in your software accidentally impersonating people? It's so easy to do by mistake!

antidoh 14y ago

Oh. They slipped and fell on that impersonation code?