The blog claimed the opposite: These applications intentionally misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage user downloads, but they were not designed t

The blog claimed the opposite: These applications intentionally misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage user downloads, but they were not designed to be used maliciously, and did not have permission to access private data — or system resources beyond permission.INTERNET. As the applications were practically useless, most users uninstalled the applications shortly after downloading them. So no, they didn't try to access private data.