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Apple suspends Secret downloads in Brazil under anonymity injunction

Posted on August 22, 2014 by pogowasright.org

David Meyer reports:

Apple has halted downloads of the anonymous messaging app Secret from its Brazilian App Store, following a preliminary injunction by a Vitória civil court earlier this week.

According to local media reports, Secret is still in Apple‘s Brazilian App Store but cannot be downloaded. iOS users with non-Brazilian accounts can apparently still download the app, and there’s no sign of Apple remotely wiping or disabling the app, as the injunction also orders it to.

Read more on Brazil Business Today.

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