Comments on: Aurora Feint Temporarily Offline http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Partners in Grime http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-1276 Partners in Grime Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:49:23 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-1276 Is that why it's called Aurora Feint — after you find out what they did with your data you faint? :) Is that why it's called Aurora Feint — after you find out what they did with your data you faint? :)

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288814 Partners in Grime Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:49:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288814 Is that why it's called Aurora Feint — after you find out what they did with your data you faint? :) Is that why it's called Aurora Feint — after you find out what they did with your data you faint? :)

]]> By: Ben http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-981 Ben Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:28:37 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-981 Ooo, he put us in our place. Ooo, he put us in our place.

]]> By: Ben http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288813 Ben Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288813 Ooo, he put us in our place. Ooo, he put us in our place.

]]> By: Jason http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-967 Jason Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:03:24 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-967 This is exactly why the iPhone was a closed system for so long. This is the very thing Apple was concerned about when everybody cried that they wanted to jailbreak the system. Kudos to Apple for looking out for the integrity of our data from the get-go. This is exactly why the iPhone was a closed system for so long. This is the very thing Apple was concerned about when everybody cried that they wanted to jailbreak the system. Kudos to Apple for looking out for the integrity of our data from the get-go.

]]> By: Jason http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288812 Jason Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:03:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288812 This is exactly why the iPhone was a closed system for so long. This is the very thing Apple was concerned about when everybody cried that they wanted to jailbreak the system. Kudos to Apple for looking out for the integrity of our data from the get-go. This is exactly why the iPhone was a closed system for so long. This is the very thing Apple was concerned about when everybody cried that they wanted to jailbreak the system. Kudos to Apple for looking out for the integrity of our data from the get-go.

]]> By: Poor http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-965 Poor Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:15:48 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-965 Rich n' Pals, I looooove your "*sigh*," it says a lot about your incredible patience dealing with the simpletons in here. I can't imagine how any of them could pooooossibly care that some buggy tetris game uploaded their address book to a random server somewhere on the Internet. How could they not expect this to happen, when the zero-doc game's hypo verbose one-liner on the community tab made it so clear what was going to happen? I mean everyone knows that phone number+email=upload your addressbook. Anyway, you and other like-minded posters here are right. Data abuse isn't even remotely possible in this case. The reasons are so numerous, for example after they got caught, the developers said they didn't keep any of the information they designed their game to collect, so therefore by the laws of physics and such, that has to be true. Clearly, to believe otherwise requires a tinfoil hat. The corollary to those same laws of physics is apparently that nobody can be upset that it happened in the first place or they're just "freaking out about this for nothing." I have no "quarms" about saying I'm pissed. It would have been great if you and the rest of the fanboi brigade could stick up for the AF devs without being condescending to those of us who care about privacy, but so be it. P.S. Ben - Whatever you think "NIMBY" means is not what it means, look it up. Rich n' Pals,

I looooove your "*sigh*," it says a lot about your incredible patience dealing with the simpletons in here. I can't imagine how any of them could pooooossibly care that some buggy tetris game uploaded their address book to a random server somewhere on the Internet. How could they not expect this to happen, when the zero-doc game's hypo verbose one-liner on the community tab made it so clear what was going to happen? I mean everyone knows that phone number+email=upload your addressbook.

Anyway, you and other like-minded posters here are right. Data abuse isn't even remotely possible in this case. The reasons are so numerous, for example after they got caught, the developers said they didn't keep any of the information they designed their game to collect, so therefore by the laws of physics and such, that has to be true. Clearly, to believe otherwise requires a tinfoil hat.

The corollary to those same laws of physics is apparently that nobody can be upset that it happened in the first place or they're just "freaking out about this for nothing." I have no "quarms" about saying I'm pissed. It would have been great if you and the rest of the fanboi brigade could stick up for the AF devs without being condescending to those of us who care about privacy, but so be it.

P.S. Ben - Whatever you think "NIMBY" means is not what it means, look it up.

]]> By: Poor http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288811 Poor Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:15:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288811 Rich n' Pals, I looooove your "*sigh*," it says a lot about your incredible patience dealing with the simpletons in here. I can't imagine how any of them could pooooossibly care that some buggy tetris game uploaded their address book to a random server somewhere on the Internet. How could they not expect this to happen, when the zero-doc game's hypo verbose one-liner on the community tab made it so clear what was going to happen? I mean everyone knows that phone number+email=upload your addressbook. Anyway, you and other like-minded posters here are right. Data abuse isn't even remotely possible in this case. The reasons are so numerous, for example after they got caught, the developers said they didn't keep any of the information they designed their game to collect, so therefore by the laws of physics and such, that has to be true. Clearly, to believe otherwise requires a tinfoil hat. The corollary to those same laws of physics is apparently that nobody can be upset that it happened in the first place or they're just "freaking out about this for nothing." I have no "quarms" about saying I'm pissed. It would have been great if you and the rest of the fanboi brigade could stick up for the AF devs without being condescending to those of us who care about privacy, but so be it. P.S. Ben - Whatever you think "NIMBY" means is not what it means, look it up. Rich n' Pals,

I looooove your "*sigh*," it says a lot about your incredible patience dealing with the simpletons in here. I can't imagine how any of them could pooooossibly care that some buggy tetris game uploaded their address book to a random server somewhere on the Internet. How could they not expect this to happen, when the zero-doc game's hypo verbose one-liner on the community tab made it so clear what was going to happen? I mean everyone knows that phone number+email=upload your addressbook.

Anyway, you and other like-minded posters here are right. Data abuse isn't even remotely possible in this case. The reasons are so numerous, for example after they got caught, the developers said they didn't keep any of the information they designed their game to collect, so therefore by the laws of physics and such, that has to be true. Clearly, to believe otherwise requires a tinfoil hat.

The corollary to those same laws of physics is apparently that nobody can be upset that it happened in the first place or they're just "freaking out about this for nothing." I have no "quarms" about saying I'm pissed. It would have been great if you and the rest of the fanboi brigade could stick up for the AF devs without being condescending to those of us who care about privacy, but so be it.

P.S. Ben - Whatever you think "NIMBY" means is not what it means, look it up.

]]> By: girlgeek101 http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-961 girlgeek101 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:46:51 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-961 There was an update today but after I updated it stopped working. Now it won't load. There was an update today but after I updated it stopped working. Now it won't load.

]]> By: girlgeek101 http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288810 girlgeek101 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:46:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288810 There was an update today but after I updated it stopped working. Now it won't load. There was an update today but after I updated it stopped working. Now it won't load.

]]> By: oracle_ab http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-948 oracle_ab Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:49:59 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-948 Agreed about folks freaking out about this for nothing. Opt-in is just that. If you opted into something w/out doing your homework, that's no-one's fault but yours. Google Mobile App searches your iPhone/iPod touch, as other have said, other apps do this very same thing. And I'm in agreement that it's Apple's fault for not making it more secure w/in their SDK. If they didn't specify how this functionality should or shouldn't be used, then Apple failed to ensure their SDK was as secure as they may have wanted it to be. I, for one, continue to play the game, would love to see the full effect of the Community feature, and have no quarms paying for an update if the developers so chose to charge. With blogs, social sites and e-mail, most everyone's privacy is just about up for grabs. Agreed about folks freaking out about this for nothing. Opt-in is just that. If you opted into something w/out doing your homework, that's no-one's fault but yours. Google Mobile App searches your iPhone/iPod touch, as other have said, other apps do this very same thing. And I'm in agreement that it's Apple's fault for not making it more secure w/in their SDK. If they didn't specify how this functionality should or shouldn't be used, then Apple failed to ensure their SDK was as secure as they may have wanted it to be. I, for one, continue to play the game, would love to see the full effect of the Community feature, and have no quarms paying for an update if the developers so chose to charge. With blogs, social sites and e-mail, most everyone's privacy is just about up for grabs.

]]> By: oracle_ab http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288809 oracle_ab Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:49:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288809 Agreed about folks freaking out about this for nothing. Opt-in is just that. If you opted into something w/out doing your homework, that's no-one's fault but yours. Google Mobile App searches your iPhone/iPod touch, as other have said, other apps do this very same thing. And I'm in agreement that it's Apple's fault for not making it more secure w/in their SDK. If they didn't specify how this functionality should or shouldn't be used, then Apple failed to ensure their SDK was as secure as they may have wanted it to be. I, for one, continue to play the game, would love to see the full effect of the Community feature, and have no quarms paying for an update if the developers so chose to charge. With blogs, social sites and e-mail, most everyone's privacy is just about up for grabs. Agreed about folks freaking out about this for nothing. Opt-in is just that. If you opted into something w/out doing your homework, that's no-one's fault but yours. Google Mobile App searches your iPhone/iPod touch, as other have said, other apps do this very same thing. And I'm in agreement that it's Apple's fault for not making it more secure w/in their SDK. If they didn't specify how this functionality should or shouldn't be used, then Apple failed to ensure their SDK was as secure as they may have wanted it to be. I, for one, continue to play the game, would love to see the full effect of the Community feature, and have no quarms paying for an update if the developers so chose to charge. With blogs, social sites and e-mail, most everyone's privacy is just about up for grabs.

]]> By: Rich http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-942 Rich Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:15:39 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-942 Love the game, still love the game, still gonna play the game. Seriously people, the devs have been 100% honest about this. Yeah, they made an error of judgement (which they're now fixing ASAP), but that's a looooong way from data abuse. *sigh* Love the game, still love the game, still gonna play the game.

Seriously people, the devs have been 100% honest about this. Yeah, they made an error of judgement (which they're now fixing ASAP), but that's a looooong way from data abuse.

*sigh*

]]> By: Rich http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-288808 Rich Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:15:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-288808 Love the game, still love the game, still gonna play the game. Seriously people, the devs have been 100% honest about this. Yeah, they made an error of judgement (which they're now fixing ASAP), but that's a looooong way from data abuse. *sigh* Love the game, still love the game, still gonna play the game.

Seriously people, the devs have been 100% honest about this. Yeah, they made an error of judgement (which they're now fixing ASAP), but that's a looooong way from data abuse.

*sigh*

]]> By: Nachoes http://toucharcade.com/2008/07/24/aurora-feint-temporarily-offline/#comment-941 Nachoes Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:58:35 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=323#comment-941 You can actually still install Aurora Feint, just google it. The phobos.apple.com link's still valid, they're just filtering searches for Aurora Feint in the App Store. You can actually still install Aurora Feint, just google it. The phobos.apple.com link's still valid, they're just filtering searches for Aurora Feint in the App Store.

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