Apple unknowingly promotes $1.99/€1.99 scam app on iTunes

Dec 11, 2013 10:31 GMT  ·  By

Apple may have some cleaning to do in its App Store. An app that promises to deliver WiFi passwords to iPhone and iPad users is getting a lot of negative reviews.

And for good reason too. Although one shouldn’t assume there are actual apps that crack WiFi network passwords, developer Gianpiero Radano is riding on users’ naivety to deliver a product that doesn’t do what it says it does.

“I would not recommend this app the passwords are wrong,” writes one reviewer.

“This app is a lie! Don’t buy it,” says another. “Only gives you the user and pass for a router list, nothing more.”

“Worst spent 2€,” writes another user.

And the list goes on. In fact, there’s not a single positive review attributed to this app and, worst of all, Apple is listing it in the Top Charts. You’d think that, of all companies, Apple would have a curated digital distribution venue.