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Looks to me like Apple has some security to tighten up. I definitely don't think you should be able to do most of this stuff, but you can't really fault LinkedIn I don't think. They made something that adds value to their product and it got approved by Apple. Either way, the hacks are cool ones and I'm glad Linked-in did this write up. Keep 'em coming.

EDIT: not an app apparently.

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This isn't an app and Apple has no involvement in approving it. RTA - it's an IMAP proxy that injects some css/html stuff to each of your emails.

Ah wow didn't realize that. In their FAQ it said "tap the Intro app icon" to add a new account so I assumed it was an app.

There is really no Apple approval to be given or not given here. It is really just creating a new email account. There is no real way that Apple could stop them from doing this if they wanted to. It is up to you if you tell linkedin your email credentials. I would certainly not recommend it, even without their track record.

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