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Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s a bug with an iOS app that I have never seem before. An app for a Spanish clothing retailer called #sivasdescalzo becomes unresponsive if the user cancels out of the Apple Sign-in pop-up menu.

I’ve seen wonky error messages before but not this!

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Screenshot show the Apple App Store detail page for an app called SVD.

Screenshot from inside of an iOS app called SVD.

Cancelling out of an Apple sign in pop-up menu results in the SVD app becoming unresponsive.

April 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

@searchliaison.bsky.social

The Google knowledge panel displayed from a Google search for the term “seven deadly sins” shows a Japanese manga called #七つの大罪

April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Odd error message of:

“ITXCoreView.FacebookLoginError error 1.”

Appears after the user cancels out of in-app sign-ins inside of the #massimodutti iOS app.

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/04/mass...

April 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

App called Santa Fe FCU Mobile App has a common problem: the detail page for the app in the #AppleAppStore leads to a #404error

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/03/sant...

March 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

A common #GoogleOAuth problem that you will encounter with iOS consent sign-in screens: the app name isn’t correctly listed.

Here’s an example from an app called “WOM: Restaurant Discovery”

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/03/wom-...

WOM: Restaurant Discovery app for iOS: Google OAuth Consent Screen: Incorrect App Name of wom.auth.us-east-1.amazoncognito.com

Robby Delaware writes about bugs in random iOS apps.

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March 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Another #AppleAppStore problem: bad privacy policy links on the detail page #OmanAir

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/02/oman...

Oman Air app for iOS: The "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links on the Apple App Store Detail Page Lead to an Error Message

Robby Delaware writes about bugs in random iOS apps.

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February 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s a problem that appears from time to time in the #AppleAppStore

An app for a credit union called PFCU OMAHA has privacy policy links that lead to a 404 error message instead of a valid privacy policy:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/02/pfcu...

Link to app:

apps.apple.com/us/app/pfcu-...

This is a screenshot of the Apple App Store detail page of an app called PFCU OMAHA. This is an app for a credit union.

The “developer’s privacy policy” link for an app called PDCU OMAHA leads to a 404 error message.

This privacy policy link leads to a 404 error message.

404 error message instead of a valid privacy policy.

February 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

An app for a credit union in Kansas City has two bad privacy policy links on the detail page in the Apple App Store:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/02/mazu...

February 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

An app called Dairy State Bank Business has two bad links on the Apple App Store detail page. Both lead to a 404 error message.

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/02/dair...

February 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

UPDATE: this problem was quickly fixed. The two in-app links are now working.

This is a screenshot from inside an app called “Phissy” - two links, the “Privacy Policy” and “Terms and Conditions” links were not working a few days ago.

Now, these two links do work correctly.

January 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

An app called Phissy: Restaurant Organizer:

apps.apple.com/us/app/phiss...

Has non-working “Privacy Policy” and “Terms and Conditions” links:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/01/phis...

January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s a common #GoogleOAuth problem with iOS consent screen the app name will occasionally show on the consent screen. A default “project-number” is displayed - not user friendly and any ambiguity with these screens is a recipe for trouble.

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/01/oned...

January 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s an unusual problem with the Apple App Store that I haven’t seen before. An app called MyColumbiaCU:

apps.apple.com/us/app/mycol...

Links to an Amazon AWA error page about “NoSuchBucket” instead of a valid privacy policy.

More here:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/01/myco...

January 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

The Kitsap Credit Union’s app listing in the Apple App store has “developer’s privacy policy” and a privacy policy” links that lead to a 404 error message:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2025/01/kitsap…

Users of the app, and prospective users of the app, deserve access

January 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

An app called #Up4Grabs for iOS crashes when the user selects either the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy inside of the app:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2024/12/up4g...

Screenshot of the registration screen of an app called Up4Grabs for iOS. Selecting either “Terms & Conditions” or “Privacy Policy” crashes the app.

December 3, 2024 at 6:51 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Minor typo with the #CLEVNET consortium app for iOS:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2024/12/clev...

CLEVNET Libraries App for iOS: Typo in Error Message - "Database" is Misspelled

Robby Delaware writes about bugs in random iOS apps.

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December 2, 2024 at 9:38 AM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s a big with the #vestiairecollective app for iOS that was first spotted in November of 2019. 5 years later and the bug is still active.

An #HTML
tag automatically pops up in the subject line of emails if you share a product from the app:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2019/11/vest...

November 30, 2024 at 2:18 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s an issue with the #AWSreInvent app - the “Cookies preferences” link does nothing. It doesn’t activate a “Customize cookie preferences” pop-up.

Could this be a #GDPR problem?

randomipad.blogspot.com/2024/11/aws-ev…

November 27, 2024 at 7:05 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s an unusual problem with the new particlenews.ai app for iOS.

Searches for the term “null” actually return results inside of the app - in this instance URLs from the Seattle Times website.

randomipad.blogspot.com/2024/11/part...

Screenshot displays the term “Null” entered into a search input box inside of an app callex Particle News for iOS.

Odd bug with an iOS app: a search for the term “Null” returns URLs from the Seattle Times website described as “null”

November 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM

Robby Delaware

@robbydelaware.bsky.social

Here’s a bug with the People’s Dailu iOS app listing in the Apple App Store:

randomipad.blogspot.com/2024/11/peop...

The privacy policy links do not work - these links should lead to readable policies.

Here is the bad url: api.en.pdnews.cn/html/privacy...