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Post by asmeurer on Jul 22, 2008 10:39:24 GMT -5
Check out this thread ( aurorafeint.proboards100.com/index.cgi?board=world&action=display&thread=314), specifically this quote from Jason (one of the devs): Hey everyone, Thanks for being rational about this! We put this feature together cause we thought everyone would be delighted to discover their friends are playing AF. We're just the two of us, so you can imagine how crazy things are around here. We didn't even know if AF would be popular, so spending an extra week (out of 10!) to make it "scale proof" was something we opted to not do. Instead we made the game more fun. We love you guys, and we really are trying to make a great game for everyone. So, thanks for supporting us so much! Anyway, as an aside, you guys are correct. The update has been delayed a bit by this issue as we've spent some time turning the security up to the max. Expect the update to have all your usual crazy encryption and password shenanigans. This means when we push the update ALL OLD VERSIONS OF THE GAME WILL STOP SAVING YOUR DATA ON OUR WEB SERVERS. So please, update immediately ETA: We will submit new update to apple in a few hours. Hopefully, in the app store some time tomorrow afternoon...
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Post by valiss on Jul 22, 2008 10:40:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the info.
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Post by graphx on Jul 22, 2008 10:58:26 GMT -5
another day at work blah blah... gimme some updatz!
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Post by Gareth Pugh on Jul 22, 2008 11:13:05 GMT -5
Excellent find, thanks for letting us all know!
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Post by eliu87 on Jul 22, 2008 11:21:55 GMT -5
you know, for some reason, i think we'd be a lot happier if danielle and jason didnt tell us about the update until it actually came out
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Post by oracleab on Jul 22, 2008 11:38:55 GMT -5
I have a feeling this this article is why the update's being held up. Even though Jason's posted a reply rebuffing it. iphonefreakz.com/2008/07/22/aurora-feint-iphone-app-with-free-spyware/hwrms.com/blog/?p=272QUOTE: Aurora Feint iPhone app with free Spyware? I stumbled upon this page today. It seems that the extremely popular iPhone/iPod touch game Aurora Feint creates a copy of your contacts (e-mail addresses + phonenumbers) and hides this in a ’secret’ directory on your iPhone. This in an of itself is a bit suspect, but alarm bells really began to go off when someone noticed that AF was sending that information to the Aurora Feint servers as well. Personally i really don’t like to have hidden features like this in my (i)Phone. I know i jailbroke my device and installed lot’s of free open-source app’s but most of the time i did check the directory’s for hidden files or something else. The big problem i have with this is that Apple says that they ’screen’ the applications before allowing them on to the App Store. Maybee AF was screened on a monday or friday? Anyway i still love the App Store but i will check every app that i install on to my iPhone. This doesn't even sound plausible.
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Post by eliu87 on Jul 22, 2008 11:48:38 GMT -5
I have a feeling this this article is why the update's being held up. Even though Jason's posted a reply rebuffing it. iphonefreakz.com/2008/07/22/aurora-feint-iphone-app-with-free-spyware/hwrms.com/blog/?p=272QUOTE: Aurora Feint iPhone app with free Spyware? I stumbled upon this page today. It seems that the extremely popular iPhone/iPod touch game Aurora Feint creates a copy of your contacts (e-mail addresses + phonenumbers) and hides this in a ’secret’ directory on your iPhone. This in an of itself is a bit suspect, but alarm bells really began to go off when someone noticed that AF was sending that information to the Aurora Feint servers as well. Personally i really don’t like to have hidden features like this in my (i)Phone. I know i jailbroke my device and installed lot’s of free open-source app’s but most of the time i did check the directory’s for hidden files or something else. The big problem i have with this is that Apple says that they ’screen’ the applications before allowing them on to the App Store. Maybee AF was screened on a monday or friday? Anyway i still love the App Store but i will check every app that i install on to my iPhone. This doesn't even sound plausible. Well, we know for a fact some people are a bit concerned about privacy (or they're just bloggers with nothing to write about and they have found some potential privacy issues, and that Jason and Danielle have responded to them (note the appearance of the Privacy page on 'www.aurorafeint.com' beside Forums.) It has probably delayed the update, since Jason had to actually read the privacy issues, respond to them, and put up a whole new page on the website, but it probably wouldn't have delayed the update by much, maybe a few hours at the most.
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Post by brayharper on Jul 22, 2008 11:54:03 GMT -5
VVVVVVVVVVV------>paging Apple iTunes-->VVVVVVVVVV---------->need update stat------->|
At least I'm getting somewhere with the game "as is". The hints, tips, suggestions already posted have been great!
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Post by Raco on Jul 22, 2008 12:02:16 GMT -5
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Post by shadowslaherz on Jul 22, 2008 13:02:46 GMT -5
I'm glad u guys r going to hav an update
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Post by jacobtgaines on Jul 22, 2008 13:15:28 GMT -5
it appears that this website's expanding and growing much bigger even as we speak. I've seen ads for the new "mummy" movie scrolling across the top of this board numerous times. That's gotta be a pretty serious chunk of change. Congrats to Danielle and Jason for hitting a home run with their first at bat. Keep at it guys!
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Post by shadowslaherz on Jul 22, 2008 13:20:10 GMT -5
Can't w8!!!
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Post by graphx on Jul 22, 2008 13:31:06 GMT -5
jacobtgaines i would help that Danielle and Jason are getting some sort of compensation for this great game! right? RIGHT?
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Post by shadowslaherz on Jul 22, 2008 13:35:47 GMT -5
I know every1 would love this only if more ppl could advertise to the web.
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Post by gamehippie on Jul 22, 2008 13:46:07 GMT -5
Iv already began referring the game to friends and telling them to register on the forum. Im hoping that the game stays free due to my major lack of money, but if I had some extra to spare I would donate to the guys.
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