Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams

Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by ______- on Sunday June 06, 2021 @01:56PM (#27414895)

Which is why I said: "for large financial arrangements"

Large transactions need extra special care. You need a trusted device with a trusted OS and a trusted browser, preferably with `EASE` turned on in HTTPS Everywhere so plaintext secrets can't leak out of your machine. You also need to vet the HTTPS Everywhere extension and ensure it came from the official addons site. You would also harden the OS. Using Linux is preferable over Windows 10 since Windows is targeted heavily by malware gangs.

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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by cmeacham98 on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:14PM (#27415024)

Btw, recent versions of Firefox include an "HTTPS only" mode[1], so HTTPS Everywhere is actually unnecessary for this use case nowadays.

1: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/https-only-prefs

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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by abnercoimbre on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:24PM (#27415091)

Huh neat. And I'm guessing enabling both would be unnecessary and glitchy? I'll uninstall the plugin now -- it has served me well.

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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by umanwizard on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:33PM (#27415163)

You don’t need to do any of this if you’re using the traditional financial system. The most you need to do is make sure you don’t get tricked into wiring to the wrong address, which is a much lower bar.

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