Re: Heavy on doom and sensation, light on detail
the recent Xcode shambles resulted in thousands of malware-ridden apps cruising past Apple's legendary App Store police without detection, relying on a developer to notice something strange with an app they were developing.
I think that did unearth a pretty serious problem with the App Store security: it didn't pick up that apps were compiled with an Xcode that was altered. Admittedly, I have no idea how they would have picked his up, and I hope they find a way, but to me it suggests that some of this checking relies on dangerous or at least flawed assumptions. That needs looking into IMHO - I doubt it'll be the last time that someone starts with questionable fundamentals, and that may not be by accident either.