Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by a34729t on Saturday April 25, 2026 @11:47PM (#47907151)

Or it is a mandated backdoor, and someone internally objected, and made it easier to exploit than it should be, or leaked how to exploit it?

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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @12:23AM (#47907327)

> mandated backdoor

Probably one from the repository of backdoors "accidentally" introduced or "never" discovered.

The mechanism's there, just needs to be woven with other exploits.

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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by jdiff on Sunday April 26, 2026 @09:02AM (#47909986)

Makes no sense for headspace to be using it if that were the case.

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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by Barbing on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:03PM (#47911837)

Conspiracy theory would get too convoluted:

Rogue employee employs the backdoor for a major app with hopefully conscientious users who’ll report it online; hopes to force a fix.

Or it was a social experiment and some dumb app reinstalls itself every day too but no one’s complained en masse yet! ;)

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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by 0123456789ABCDE on Sunday April 26, 2026 @10:53AM (#47910829)

what's the more likely explanation though?

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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by Barbing on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:03PM (#47911844)

bug

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