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.
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?
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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And yet the article doesn’t say which File Manager is the spyware or what the dev is called. Great reporting.
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This 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?
Yes, replying to kbin doesn’t seem to work
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?Why 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.