--- title: How developers trick App Store into approving malicious apps description: Malicious developers are tricking the App Store review process by using geofencing, which hides app functionalities from reviewers based on their location.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-developers-trick-app-store-into-approving-malicious-apps-5hu7uvh2v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How developers trick App Store into approving malicious apps | daily.dev og:description: Malicious developers are tricking the App Store review process by using geofencing, which hides app functionalities from reviewers based on their location.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-developers-trick-app-store-into-approving-malicious-apps-5hu7uvh2v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5HU7uvh2v.png og:image:alt: How developers trick App Store into approving malicious apps og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How developers trick App Store into approving malicious apps **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Malicious developers are tricking the App Store review process by using geofencing, which hides app functionalities from reviewers based on their location. These apps often share the same code base, are built using React Native, and employ Microsoft’s CodePush SDK to alter app content after approval. Apple could mitigate this issue by implementing additional location-based tests and more proactive app removal measures. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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