But seriously, this sucks and is why Google needs more rigorous vetting of apps that go into the store. Sure, you sideload, that’s your problem. But if on the Play Store, the general Android user would think there’s some good level of governance.
Of course there’s a measure of caveat emptor here. So hopefully it’ll teach people to be wary of what information they freely give out.
LOL, well I guess the Reddit masses are on Lemmy full swing now. Enjoy the malware, I’ll continue laughing about it.
Am I just missing it, or is there no list of of these infected apps on the posted article or the reference the article links to.
To me, that is the most important information.
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iOS user: That’s a shame.
But seriously, this sucks and is why Google needs more rigorous vetting of apps that go into the store. Sure, you sideload, that’s your problem. But if on the Play Store, the general Android user would think there’s some good level of governance.
Of course there’s a measure of caveat emptor here. So hopefully it’ll teach people to be wary of what information they freely give out.
LOL, well I guess the Reddit masses are on Lemmy full swing now. Enjoy the malware, I’ll continue laughing about it.
Am I just missing it, or is there no list of of these infected apps on the posted article or the reference the article links to. To me, that is the most important information.
It is about halfway down the article, but you have to dodge a few adds to get to that part.
“The two apps mentioned in the report were called “PDF Reader and File Manager” by Tsarka Watchfaces and “QR Reader and File Manager” by risovanul.”
Well, I did miss that, I was skimming for something like a large list or table. That still leaves 86/90+ unlisted.