No!! Can hear it? It's the sound of my world crumbling. My favorite app! Not my favorite app!
Okay, I've collected myself. So what's the problem? Well, it turns out Aurora Feint has some serious security issues. Nothing malicious, mind you, but a security threat, nonetheless. In order to keep track of other players online, the game uploads your entire contact list to the server. However, this transfer of your data occurs unencrypted--which poses a big risk to your personal information.
After discovering the security hole, Apple removed the game from their App Store. But now it seems the game is back in the review stage after the developers added HTTPS in order to encrypt data.
What I want to know has to do with the version of the game that's still on my iPhone. I never opted into the community feature, but how will Apple deal with those that still play the unencrypted version? Will a reinstall take care of it?
[via Just Another iPhone Blog]
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