Fake ChatGPT application flushes Mac App Store: 99% of the code is the same, 'face-swapping' to defraud money

According to news on April 26, Alex Kleber, a researcher at the security agency Privacy 1st, published a blog post last weekend, stating that dozens of fake OpenAI / ChatGPT applications have emerged on the Mac App Store. And made a lot of money from it.

Users can see various fake applications when they search for the two keywords OpenAI or ChatGPT on the Mac App Store. The blog post states that these developers use keywords, misleading marketing strategies, false marketing and other strategies to mislead Mac users into clicking and using these applications.

The blog post mentioned Pixelsbay and ParallelWorld developed by Pakistani companies. The codes of the two are 99% the same, except for the different names and icons.

All these fake apps target a status quo that users don’t know much about, charge relatively high prices, and thus make a lot of money for the developers of the apps.

ChatGPT is free to use. OpenAI offers a "Plus" plan with faster response times and priority access to new features at a price of $20 per month (IT Home Note: currently about 138 yuan). Microsoft’s OpenAI-based Bing chatbot is free to use, as is Google’s version of the chatbot, Google Bard.

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