Android spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China
Android spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China
Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware that quietly sends user data to servers in China.
Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware that quietly sends user data to servers in China.
The fishy apps are File Recovery & Data Recovery and File Manager, according to an alert this week from Pradeo, a leading mobile cybersecurity company. The apps, both from the same developer, are programmed to launch without any input from the user and quietly send sensitive user data to servers based in China.
123You mean Threads?
Yes I know... The cheapest shot.
15...Why would Threads send your data to China? They make plenty of money off that data domestically.
4Got em
2Ignore me, testing.
2This is interesting, I cannot reply to iAmTheTot’s comment, but there’s no issue commenting on any other comments. Is it because they’re on kbin?
1Yes, replying to kbin doesn't seem to work
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I'm sure it was an honest mistake. Who hasn't tried setting up a
println("Hello World")and accidentally forwarded all their keylogger data to the CCP?10my bad, completely forgot to remove that debugging code…
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Is it TikTok?
7You’d need to make that 1.5 billion to have the article be referring to TikTok.
Edit: but yes the article could easily be about TikTok, they hoard data just like US social medias, but are part owned by the Chinese government, so it’s even worse.
13I mean, it does but they weren't reporting that particular spyware
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Bot account. sigh.
5And yet the article doesn't say which File Manager is the spyware or what the dev is called. Great reporting.
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45The apps are named in the second paragraph my guy. Literally did not have to scroll after clicking the link to prove you wrong.
17Even on a quick glance you can find literally 4 apps called "File Manager" and if you scroll further I'm sure there will be even more.
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Any electronic device with any software sends any data to anyone who pays.
1Why is it bad to send data to China and not to US?
1Who said the US wasn't bad?
This is just a strawman argument, just because we're talking about being lit on fire does not mean the alternative of being dipped in acid is good but you know I'd rather not be simultaneously lit on fire while being dipped in acid if I can help it.
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