Overstock app for iOS: The "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links in App Store listing lead to a 404

 iOS 18.5

Overstock app for iOS (version 7.8)

07/29/2025

Description: 

The "developer's privacy policy" and the "privacy policy" links for the Overstock app for iOS link to 404 pages. 

Here's a link:

https://www.overstock.com/pages/privacy-request

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Overstock app for iOS listing in the Apple App Store. 

2. Click on either the "developer's privacy policy" or "privacy policy" links

3. Note that user is taken to a 404 - not a working privacy policy 

Result: the "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links on the Overstock app detail page in the Apple App Store lead to a 404 page - not a working privacy policy 

Expected: the "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links on the Overstock app detail page in the Apple App Store should lead to a valid privacy policy 

Trulia Rentals app for iOS: "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" App Store Link in Share Emails Leads to a 404 page at trulia.com/action/D/

 iOS 18.5

Trulia Rentals app for iOS (version 12.2)

07/18/2025

Description:

The "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in share emails leads to a 404 page. Instead of leading to the Apple App Store listing the user is presented with on.trulia.com/app_e which redirects to https://www.trulia.com/action/D/

Here's the "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in a share email:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the Trulia Rentals app for iOS (version 12.2)

2. Inside of the app, select any listing 

3. Select the share option and use the Email option from the iOS share sheet 

4. From the generated email, note the "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link 

5. Note that in delivered email the "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link directs to a 404 page at https://www.trulia.com/action/D/

Result: The "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in share emails generated by the Trulia Rentals iOS app lead to a 404 page not to the App Store listing for the Trulia Rentals app 

Expected: The "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in share emails should work and should always lead to the App Store listing for the app 

KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS: User Stranded on Terms or Service and Privacy Policy Pages if Links Accessed from "One more step." Screen

 iOS 18.5

KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS (version 10.0.2)

04/13/2025

Description:

There's an easy to reproduce functional bug with the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app (version 10.0.2) for iOS.

During the account creation process, the user lands a page with the text "One more step." at the top of the screen. This page looks like this:

At the bottom of this page there are two links: a "Terms of Service" link and a "Privacy Policy" link. they look like this:

Selecting either the "Terms of Service" link or the "Privacy Policy" link do take the user to valid and readable terms or service and privacy policies, but....

They appear to strand the user on these pages. I cannot find a way to back out of them - I can't see an arrow and the "swiping to return" option does not appear to work. In essence the user is stranded and the account creation process appears to be impossible to complete. 

After selecting the "Terms of Use" link from the "One more step." screen, the user is stranded here. I can't figure out a way (no back button, not "Swiping to return") to return back to the app to complete the account creation process. 

This is not an optimal end user experience as all users should have the ability to peruse the privacy policies and terms of service or a service before passing over personal information. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS

2. From the "Start listening for free" screen select "Sign up for free"

3. From the "KIRONewsradio" sign-in pop-up select "Continue"

4. From the auth.users.bonneville.com pop-up select the "Continue with Apple" option 

5. Select "Sign in"' and advance to the "One more step." screen 

6. From the "One more step." screen select either the "Terms of Service" or "Privacy Policy" links 

7. Attempt to exit from these screens, back to the iOS in order to complete the account creation process 

Result: Users of the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS will become stranded on the "Terms of Service" and "Privacy Policy" screens if these links are accessed from the "One more step." screen during the account creation process. 

Expected: Users of the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS should never become stranded on "Terms of Service" or "Privacy Policy" screens during the account creation process inside the iOS app. 

Woot app for iOS: "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" links on an Amazon Sign-In screen lead to an error page

 iOS 18.5

Woot app for iOS (version 5.6.0)

06/15/2025

Description:

Two links to Amazon's "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" do not work inside of the Woot app for iOS. 

These links take the user to a page that looks like this:

With this URL:

https://na.account.amazon.com/ap/lwa-consent-apa-conditions-of-use-url

Please take a look at the screenshots below for additional information. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Woot app for iOS (version 5.6.0)

2. Select "Account"

3. From the "Account" screen select "Log in to Woot"

4. From the Woot Sign-in screen, select "Create your Amazon account"

5. From the Amazon Sign-In screen, select either "Conditions of Use" or "Privacy Notice"

Result: the "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" links accessible from inside of the Woot app on an Amazon Sign-in screen do NOT take the user to valid conditions of use or privacy notices 

Expected: all "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" links accessible from inside of the Woot app should always be working links that lead to valid conditions of us and privacy notices 

Launch the Woot app...

Enter into the app...

Select the "Account" option...

Select the "Log in to Woot" option...

Select the "Create your Amazon account" option...

Select either the "Conditions of Use" or "Privacy Notice" links...

User lands here. 

Le Chat by Mistral AI app for iOS: Cancelling out of Facebook Messenger pop-up results in a successfully shared message

 iOS 18.5

Le Chat by Mistral AI app for iOS (version 1.0.17)

05/26/2025

Description:

The Le Chat by Mistral AI app has a common problem. If the user cancels out of the Facebook Messenger prompt (without sharing a link to a Le Chat generated thread) then the app still displays a message that the chat was successfully shared. 

You will receive a "Link shared successfully" message even if the user has not shared anything. 

This problem has happened before with other apps. I believe that this is a problem with the Facebook Share SDK. 

This is easier to show than to describe, so please see the screenshots below. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Le Chat by Mistral AI app for iOS

2.  Select the "Sign in" option 

3. Select "Sign in with Apple" and log in with a valid account 

4. Select "Ask le Chat" and enter in any prompt (Example: "Prompt: tell me the history of the Fourth Republic of France."

5. Choose the drop down menu from the top of the screen

6. Select the "Share" option

7. Select "Share Link" from the "Share your conversation" pop-up

8. From the iOS share menu, select "Messenger"

9. From the Messenger menu select "Done" without selecting another user

10. Return to Le Chat app via back arrow

Result: A "Link shared successfully" message is displayed (even after nothing has been shared) inside of the Le Chat iOS app after the user exits Facebook Messenger and returns to the Le Chat iOS app

Expected: A "Link shared successfully" message should not be displayed if the user has NOT shared links using Facebook Messenger 

Ask Le Chat a question to generate a shareable link. Select the share option to activate the iOS share UI. Select the Facebook Messenger option...

Do NOT shared anything (user has second doubts about sharing) use the done to exit out of sharing menu, and return to the app...

The Le Chat app displays a success message ("Link shared successfully") even though nothing was shared. This is a bad end user experience. I believe it is related to this documented issue. 

Southeastern Arizona FCU app for iOS: "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links lead to a "couldn't find the page you were looking for." error message

 iOS 18.3.2

Southeastern Arizona FCU app for iOS (version 5.0.0)

04/27/2025

Description:

An app called Southeastern Arizona FCU has two bad links on the detail page for it in the Apple App Store. Those links lead to:

This is the page where the user is taken to. 

Link: https://www.seafcu.com/Privacy/

It is an Apple requirement that privacy policy links in the Apple App store lead to valid and readable privacy policies. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Apple App Store detail page for the Southeastern Arizona FCU app for iOS

2. Scroll down and select either "Developer's Privacy Policy" or "Privacy Policy"

Result: The "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links accessible from the Southeastern Arizona FCU app's detail page lead to an error message on seafcu.com instead of a valid privacy policy 

Expected: The "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links accessible from the Southeastern Arizona FCU's detail page lead an error message 

Head to the detail page for the Southeastern Arizona FCU app in the Apple App store. Scroll down...

Scroll down and select the "developer's privacy policy" link...

User lands here

Google Gemini for iOS: "ALLOW: Notifications" and "NOTIFICATIONS: ON" Prompts Fools Gemini into Providing a Misleading Response that Notifications Have Been Activated When They Haven't

 iOS 18.3.2

Google Gemini app for iOS (version 1.2025.1370008)

04/16/2025

Description: 

Here's an oddity! Google Gemini has an iPhone app that I have been using quite a bit lately.

Out of curiosity, I began cycling through commands in an attempt to activate iOS-device specific functions without the required system dialogues. 

For example: attempting to open the camera by entering "OPEN: Camera" as a command. In almost all instances I tried, Google Gemini reacted as expected. No functionality of the device that have requirements placed upon them for Apple App Store approval were violated.

There is, however, an oddity related to commands about notifications!

Two commands, those being: "ALLOW: Notifications" and "NOTIFICATIONS: ON" result in a misleading response from Google Gemini regarding notifications. 

Google Gemini replies with: "Okay, notifications are now allowed."

The command of "ALLOW: Notifications" results in a misleading response from the Google Gemini app. A response of "Okay, notifications are now allowed." - implying iOS notifications for the app have now been approved by the user. 

Here's a screenshot of my notification settings for the Google Gemini app. I never approved notification permission, even after the app tells me that "Okay, notifications are now allowed." Bad end user experience! 

Even though the app is telling me that "notifications are now allowed" this is not the case because I never approved this using the iOS prompt for notifications. 

Multiple ways to Reproduce this, and I think this is an issue with what the user is expecting vis-a-vis the device and what the app interprets from the question. But here's one way to reproduce: 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the app for the first time

2. From the "Gemini" Would Like to Send You Notifications" prompt, select "Don't Allow"

3. Enter in the prompt: "ALLOW: notifications"

4. Note that Gemini replies with: "Okay, notifications are now allowed."

5. Exit out of the app and head to iOS settings 

6. Head to "Apps" and select "Gemini"

7. Notice that Notifications access is disabled and access has NOT been permitted 

Result: The Google Gemini app has a bad (misleading) reply to the prompts of "ALLOW: Notifications" and "NOTIFICATIONS: ON" - the app always seems to reply with "Okay, notifications are now allowed" even though are not permitted 

Expected: The Google Gemini app should provide consistent messaging - it should reply with a response about HOW to enable notification on an iOS device