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The king of user data mining removes the user tracking app from the Play Store

According to The Wall Street Journal Reportedly, the technology giant Google has just reviewed the entire Play Store, removing a series of applications containing a type of malicious code that collects user data. Investigation revealed that the code was written by Measurement Systems S. de RL, a Panamanian enterprise affiliated with an organization specializing in intelligence, insider and counterintelligence.

Malware is present on millions of Android devices, with malicious applications that have been downloaded more than 10 million times. They are present at applications that support prayer activities, then to apps that read QR codes, locate speed shots and many other applications.

According to the investigative report, the developers received money from Measurement Systems to install malicious code into the app. Users are not aware of the underground information collection activities, and even, according to experts from AppCensus, this malicious code “can be compared to malware“.

According to the expert with many years of experience, he has never seen a software development kit (SDK) penetrate a device so deeply in the past 6 years.

But if your app collects user data openly, and you don’t mind going to court when sued, you may be worthy of the title “tech giant”. Google is famous for collecting data from users, the right way for them to remove malicious apps from the Play Store, but still raise many skeptical eyebrows.

Google has had to go to court many times because of its data collection strategy that intrudes deeply into users’ private data. Faced with criticism, Google spokesman Jose Castaneda once said:Privacy controls have long been integrated into our service, and the development team is constantly discussing and improving it. In case [theo dõi] location information, we’ve heard from you, and have worked to improve our privacy controls.“.


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