Tethering included as "easter egg" in flashlight app for iPhone

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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010


Very sneaky. A convenient five-color flashlight that doubles as a… SOCKS proxy tethering tool. And it’s only 99¢! Whoever approved this app is going to get a rap on the knuckles for sure.

Instructions for making this deceitful little app work are over at AppShopper; I’d move quickly, as Apple will probably hit the kill switch literally any minute.

Update: Kill switch hit. It’s still showing up in the App Store for some, but attempting to buy it spits back an error.

[via MacRumors]

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