Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year ago

Two spyware sending data of more than 1.5M users to China were found in Google Play Store

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Two spyware sending data of more than 1.5M users to China were found in Google Play Store

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Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year ago

Two spyware sending data to China found in Google Play Store

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Two apps on the Google Play Store with more than 1.5 million downloads have been discovered spying on users and sending data to China.

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I assume that one factor is that they necessarily have to have access to your files.

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