Oct
06
2009
Palm pulls paid apps due to major bug allowing free app downloads
Filed under: Software , Palm , webOS After mere hours of App Catalog-stravaganza , the paid apps have been removed for the time being by Palm due to a major flaw in purchase verification. From what we’ve gathered from the seedy underbelly of the internet, an exploit involving building your own dummy application with the same name as a paid application allowed folks to download a free “update” to these falsified shells and score for-purchase apps galore without dropping a cent

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Palm pulls paid apps due to major bug allowing free app downloads




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