'Heart Rate' app scam shakes iPhone users out of $90 by taking pulse with Touch ID

Here is an app scam for the age, and on iOS at that. The since-removed "Heart Rate" entry in the App Store has been tricking people into measuring their pulse by utilizing the Touch ID module on older iPhones. There are plenty of third-party options that take your heart rate by using the rear camera, for instance, so the Touch ID pulse "innovation" might have flown over the head of its users.

It turned out, however, that while measuring your pulse, the app is also trying to make you authorize an in-app purchase (IAP). Apple's review process allows the IAP amount to be changed ...

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