L4sBotAndroid spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China
rschechtIs it TikTok?
sparemethewearysighYou’d need to make that 1.5 billion to have the article be referring to TikTok
OptimusPrimeDownfallI mean, it does but they weren’t reporting that particular spyware
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.
eroc1990Thank you for posting this, since OP wasn’t kind enough to include it in the post description.
TheGoldenGodOP is a bot account apparently.
I noticed that after my comment. Still a low quality post from a bot seemingly farming for clicks through to articles, where a description summary from a human or better parsing from the bot could have improved the quality of the post.
Agreed, the amount of clicks for the article would increase exponentially if they actually added context for those of us who never click these links.
And yet the article doesn’t say which File Manager is the spyware or what the dev is called. Great reporting.
iAmTheTotThe apps are named in the second paragraph my guy. Literally did not have to scroll after clicking the link to prove you wrong.
Even 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.
PositiveNoiseBot account. sigh.
Any electronic device with any software sends any data to anyone who pays.
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?
my bad, completely forgot to remove that debugging code…
𝐘Ⓞz҉Why is it bad to send data to China and not to US?
Who 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.