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by Dim0N 3067 days ago
From their Facebook page:

>Not seeing any documentation on https and puffin. If I log in using puffin, can your servers see my password?

Their answer:

>Yes. Puffin server will see your password even for HTTPS. The browser is physically running on the server. The closest analogy to Puffin is RDP (remote desktop).

Am I reading this right? Who in their right mind would use this shit?

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This by itself is a good enough reason for Apple to reject the app on grounds of protecting customer privacy.

Liking it or not, of the major tech companies Apple has had a track record of caring about its users' privacy. I remember Tim Cook mentioning that as a basic value for him personally.