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Vanilla_Salt··on Apex Legends finals postponed after suffering unprecedented hack
The overlay that appeared with the "cheats" on it was full off inside jokes too and didn't look at all serious. One of the check boxes was labelled "Vote Putin".
Vanilla_Salt··on Fake reviews are illegal and subject to big fines under new FTC rules
I would not be surprised if the majority of fake reviews are coming from offshore companies. Does the FTC have jurisdiction to fine those? Otherwise this changes nothing.
Vanilla_Salt··on Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices
> I'm pretty sure Apple has since closed this loophole by enforcing that apps perform OAuth in a browser where they can't control the DOM, but I'm not sure

Apple are not restricting OAuth in an embedded web view, at least not on a software level. I have worked on an application that injected JS into the OAuth window for non malicious style purposes. It is possible they're rejecting apps from the store for this behavior, but I wouldn't know.