[sword-devel] Omega DigiBible

[David Haslam]

FYI. There’s also an iOS app from the same outfit.

cf. Apple controls what’s in the AppStore more tightly than Google does for the PlayStore. Might be less of a risk, but...

The developer is called Ulysses Villamin.

I just looked at his Facebook profile.

Affiliated to "Members Church of God International"

Based in Balayan, Batangas, Philippines.

Not yet found any reference to CrossWire or SWORD.

Reluctant to install it in any of my (currently in use) devices.

Only has 5 reviews so far.

Regards

David

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On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 14:57, refdoc at crosswire.org <refdoc at crosswire.org> wrote:

> We are receiving on the CrossWire support channel more and more requests for assistance regarding a product which is not ours Omega DigiBible.
>
> I looked at the download site and could not discern from screenshots whether this is anything from us or not. But if they share our support email it is likely something or other ripped from us rather than a homebrew using our libraries.
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> What I did discern is that a large probably somewhat cultic Filipino church is behind it.
>
> I do not want to install it on my phone as I am not sure what kind of spyware it drags along, but would be grateful if anyone here on the list has a running Android simulator or has a disposable testing phone without anything valuable datawise on it if they could install it and come back with some info.
>
> Useful info would be - what is the underlying ripped off app (if it is ripped off), where does it share our email as support email and is there any info regarding who the actual developers are (rather than the church at large).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
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