Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day22 points by _-x-_ 2 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 20 commentsEvery day for the past 3 days around 1pm EST the 'Headspace' app has been silently appearing on my iPhone (13 Pro). Automatic downloads are turned off and I've updated to the latest iOS since this started happening.I googled around and found a couple reddit threads with people reporting the exact same thing starting 2 or 3 days ago. There were reports from people on iPhone 12 and iPhone 17 so it doesn't seem device-specific.Anyone else seeing this? Does anyone understand how or why this is happening? help

Based on that I'd guess either a meditation app company has figured out how to circumvent a lot of controls put in place by Apple, or it's a bug on Apple's side Yeah, I think the latter is more likely than the former. Perhaps a server side bug that's silently downloading the app on any device that's installed it previously? Is your phone connected to some work mobile device management? I could imagine someone has a jinxed Jamf or intune rule that is pushing things out. Yes. In Settings > General > VPN & Device Management, it says 'Sign in to Work or School Account'. Is there a different device management setting that I should be looking at? If you've ever installed any companion app on your desktop macOS, your phone will try to sync apps (I think the same with Apple TV). Caught me off guard a few times. No, I've never downloaded it on my desktop. It appears that I downloaded it onto my phone over a year ago (I got an email in my inbox), but didn't want to pay for it so I deleted it. Did you ever install it, or Ginger?An app store search also turned up "Headspace Care" (Ginger)Ginger is now Headspace CareIt would be beyond malware for an app to install itself, since there's that app store hurdle to leap. (IMO) I installed the app in March of last year, and then deleted it the same day because I didn't want to pay for the subscription I’ve been getting this too, same app same behaviour… Anyone been able to figure out what is causing this?

I would imagine that this isn't (or at least shouldn't be) possible based on Apple's security. The app is automatically downloading to my phone without my permission.