Revolut down as users report app not working(bbc.com)
76 points by baal80spam | 88 comments
BBC News report on a Revolut outage affecting multiple services, with thousands of users reporting problems with the banking app.
#mobile-apps on Hacker News
23 stories tagged mobile-apps, newest first.
ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers(bbc.co.uk)
58 points by helsinkiandrew | 39 comments
BBC News article reporting that users of the ASOS shopping app received push notifications apparently sent by hackers.
![Screenshot of jorgegarciaherrero.com: A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/29/561ac83e-adf1-4d9e-8f37-d1f91b25f5a7.jpg)
A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf](jorgegarciaherrero.com)
409 points by damaru2 | 130 comments
Research paper analyzing third-party advertising and tracking services in web and mobile deployments of nine conversational AI services, including leakage of prompts and conversation data.
QR Codes That Route to the Appropriate App Store(matthuggins.com)
10 points by matthuggins | 6 comments
A blog post explaining how to build QR codes that redirect users to the iOS App Store or Google Play based on their device, using TypeScript and Node.js.
ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you(wired.me)
335 points by choult | 314 comments
Wired Middle East article about ZuckOff, a free phone app that detects nearby Meta smart glasses that may be recording.
Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent(ai.meta.com)
638 points by yks | 703 comments
Meta's product landing page introducing Muse, a personal AI agent app for Android and iOS that performs tasks for users.
How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots(timmarinin.net)
665 points by gavide | 418 comments
Blog post by Tim Marinin examining how the Bluesky app adds its butterfly logo to screenshots of posts.
Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)(danq.me)
833 points by MrVandemar | 500 comments
Dan Q's blog post arguing that a travel company's mobile app for a school Disneyland trip should have been a webpage, and describing how he rebuilt it as one.
CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps(comaps.app)
730 points by basilikum | 180 comments
Homepage of CoMaps, a free and open-source, community-driven offline maps app for hiking, biking, and driving navigation with privacy.
Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see(github.com)
510 points by Cider9986 | 215 comments
GitHub repository for Loupe, a privacy-focused open-source iOS app by Mysk that shows users what data native apps can access.
I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok(0xsid.com)
800 points by ssiddharth | 469 comments
A personal blog post arguing against companies pushing users to download mobile apps instead of using their web versions.
Kagi News(blog.kagi.com)
862 points by grappler | 402 comments
Kagi blog post announcing Kagi News, a daily news digest app positioned as an alternative to endless-scroll news feeds.
Do not download the app, use the website(idiallo.com)
1217 points by foxfired | 654 comments
Blog post by Ibrahim Diallo arguing that users should use company websites in the browser rather than downloading their mobile apps.
ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral(techcrunch.com)
331 points by exiguus | 519 comments
TechCrunch brief reporting that ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE agent sightings, went viral after criticism from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps(github.com)
363 points by jalict | 107 comments
GitHub organization page for Fossify, a suite of privacy-focused, open-source, ad-free mobile apps forked from the discontinued SimpleMobileTools.
Merlin Bird ID(merlin.allaboutbirds.org)
551 points by twitchard | 192 comments
Homepage of Merlin Bird ID, a free app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that identifies birds from photos and sounds, with maps and guides.
'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised(theguardian.com)
663 points by zeristor | 749 comments
Guardian article reporting campaigners' claims that people without smartphones are unfairly penalised as loyalty schemes, deals and parking increasingly require apps.
Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads(timsh.org)
1751 points by apokryptein | 552 comments
Blog post in which the author investigates how in-app advertising leaks his geolocation data, prompted by the Gravy Analytics data leak.
Extracting AI models from mobile apps(altayakkus.substack.com)
435 points by smoser | 208 comments
Altay Akkus's Substack post "You wouldn't download an AI," about extracting on-device AI models from mobile apps through reverse engineering.
Downpour is the game creation tool I have been working on for the past few years(v21.io)
356 points by surprisetalk | 63 comments
Blog post by V Buckenham announcing the release of Downpour, a mobile game-making tool built from photos and drawings.
How mobile apps illegally share personal data(noyb.eu)
417 points by latexr | 269 comments
A noyb news article from September 2023 explaining how mobile apps illegally share users' personal data, part of its Forced Consent & Consent Bypass project.
Swing VPN app is a DDoS botnet(lecromee.github.io)
665 points by campuscodi | 237 comments
Blog post investigating how the Swing VPN mobile app uses its users' devices as a botnet to DDoS websites.
ChatGPT app for iOS(openai.com)
622 points by rememberlenny | 375 comments
OpenAI blog post announcing the ChatGPT app for iOS, which syncs conversations, supports voice input, and brings the latest model improvements.