Re: App Store strangeness

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: App Store strangeness
Date	2017-04-28 19:22 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-04-28, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2017-04-27 13:55, Electric Comet wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:25:26 -0400
>> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Updates today for Pages/Number/Keynote and Mactracker.
>>>
>>> App Store asked for my Apple account password for each install...
>>
>> sounds phishy
>>
>> maybe a result of the homograph attack
>>
>> https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/
>
> Since it's in the App Store App why would you suggest something unrelated?

In a word: Cluelessness.

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App Store strangeness Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-04-27 13:25 -0400
  Re: App Store strangeness nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-27 13:27 -0400
    Re: App Store strangeness Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-04-27 13:33 -0400
    Re: App Store strangeness Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-04-28 09:07 +1200
  Re: App Store strangeness Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-27 17:36 +0000
  Re: App Store strangeness Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-27 10:55 -0700
    Re: App Store strangeness Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-27 18:17 +0000
      Re: App Store strangeness Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-27 11:44 -0700
        Re: App Store strangeness Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-27 19:34 +0000
    Re: App Store strangeness Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-04-28 15:15 -0400
      Re: App Store strangeness Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-28 19:22 +0000
        Re: App Store strangeness Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-04-29 10:24 +1200
          Re: App Store strangeness Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-29 00:43 +0000
  Re: App Store strangeness Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-27 18:14 -0500
  Re: App Store strangeness Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-28 11:26 +0000

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