Η Apple προσπαθεί να κρατήσει ζωντανό το επιχειρηματικό της μοντέλο στο App Store, καταθέτοντας δικαστική πρόταση για προμήθειες 5% έως 15% στα εξωτερικά links αγορών. Σύμφωνα με τα επίσημα έγγραφα που κατατέθηκαν στο U.S. District Court για τη Βόρειο Καλιφόρνια, η εταιρεία φιλοδοξεί να εισπράττει μερίδιο ακόμα και όταν ο χρήστης πληρώνει εκτός εφαρμογής. Εμείς στο TechNoid αναλύουμε τι σημαίνουν…

Telegram briefly booted from App Store

Apple briefly pulled Telegram over content linked to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), then restored it once Telegram removed the material and banned the account responsible. Apple’s App Review team flagged the violation; existing users kept messaging, but new downloads and reinstalls were blocked during the short absence. Story: Telegram returns to App Store.

With more than a billion monthly users, Telegram says it has blocked nearly 338,000 CSAM-related groups and channels this year — yet enforcement still caught an issue, showing how hard moderation is at scale.

It’s a reminder that platform moderation and app-store enforcement are separate systems — Telegram polices its own service while Apple polices its store — and that the pressure on messaging apps to detect illegal content is only rising, especially for privacy-focused platforms.

For ordinary users, the key point is that Telegram is once again available through Apple’s official marketplace, and existing users were largely able to keep using the service throughout the brief removal.

Σύνοψη Άρθρου Η προσωρινή εξαφάνιση του Telegram από το iOS App Store αποδίδεται σε συντονισμένη επίθεση κυβερνοεκβιαστών σύμφωνα με τον Πάβελ Ντούροφ. Οι επιτιθέμενοι χρησιμοποίησαν τροποποιημένο AI πορνογραφικό υλικό σε παλαιότερα μηνύματα ομάδων για να ενεργοποιήσουν αυτοματοποιημένα τα φίλτρα CSAM της Apple. Το περιστατικό επαναφέρει στο προσκήνιο τη συζήτηση για τα μονοπωλιακάκεντρα ελέγχου…

📱 Forgotten Apps

Bump was a mobile application released in 2009 that allowed users to transfer contacts, photos, and files by physically bumping their phones together. The app used smartphone sensors and internet connectivity to recognise the interaction between devices, creating a simple gesture-based sharing experience during the early smartphone era. Bump made wireless sharing feel physical at a moment when smartphones were still teaching people new interaction habits. Its bump gesture hid server-side matching of device location, time and motion behind a memorable action, helping popularise the idea that nearby phones could exchange information without cables or manual contact entry. Did you ever use Bump to share photos or contacts?

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