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Who knows what the original play store apps did to begin with. Most of the top apps are basically malware. Maybe someone added a bitcoin miner to the existing s
by qwertay 8y ago
Who knows what the original play store apps did to begin with. Most of the top apps are basically malware. Maybe someone added a bitcoin miner to the existing spyware that came from the original app but it just comes back to the same thing that you can't trust proprietary software to be safe.
- Goronmon 8y agoBut at least if the original play store apps have spyware issues, you can generally find a developer/company behind them to blame. If Google updates the Gmail app to include a bitcoin miner, people are going to find out and be pissed at Google. If someone takes the Gmail app, injects a bitcoin miner and uploads it to a third-party store, who gets the blame?
- qwertay 8y agoGoogle puts a personal data miner in gmail and no one gives a shit.