Cellphone Number Harvesting Result Of Obsolete Code - Storm8 Says Lawsuit Lacks Merit
Cellphone Number Harvesting Result Of Obsolete Code - Storm8 Says Lawsuit Lacks Merit
Storm8, the game app development company that was sued earlier this month by an iPhone owner who had accused the company of illegally harvesting cellphone numbers has now publicly responded to the accusation. Storm8 is the developer of popular game apps like iMobsters and Vampires Live. In a recent post...
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that's so bullshit what the company is claiming
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They were planning on stealing up until they got caught red handed. It took them this long to come up with that answer.
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Storm responded to this quite a while back in their forums. That response was due to a complaint from a disgruntled World War player. Get real people just somebody looking for a quick buck and to cause a hassle for a company that made changes in its game. Restore the app and move on.
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There games are quality so I see no need for them to harvest they have constant updates on games a strong user base which alone is enough for a good profit margin for the company I'm apped already so I hope they put it back on for new users
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Obsolete code my ass, they new the code was still there.
They should have said the following:
"however, we later determined it was more suitable to use the device’s Unique Device ID instead. Once Storm8 was found out to be using this process in August, we though we'd better remove it we won't make anymore $$$$". -
They are full of it... they thought Phonebook entries were a better way to track a user then the UUID on the phone? BS can smell it from here.
