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Can someone up on current Android tell me how things like this are still common? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19380012 Personal interest: I’ve been
by c256 8y ago
Can someone up on current Android tell me how things like this are still common?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19380012
Personal interest: I’ve been using Linux since the early 90s, and was psyched to see what the Danger HipTop people could do with Google backing. The first time I looked closely at Android phones I ran into multiple articles on the topic “what anti-virus software should you run on your new Android phone”, and I haven’t done more than play with Android since then.
- kllrnohj 8y agoBased off of the actual research ( https://research.checkpoint.com/simbad-a-rogue-adware-campaign-on-google-play/ https://research.checkpoint.com/simbad-a-rogue-adware-campai... ) it looks like TechChrunch just got critical details very wrong. The adware didn't "install itself" at all, it was just bundled into the app up-front. But the overwhelming majority of this attack, popping open URLs & showing ads, is something Q is looking to put a stop to wholesale: https://developer.android.com/preview/privacy/background-activity-starts https://developer.android.com/preview/privacy/background-act...
- ehsankia 8y agoIt's just apps including tracking code to make money. These days that's how apps monetize. They upload whatever amount of data they can get in exchange for pennies. There's not much you can do short of not allowing apps to do literally anything. Adwares are just that, ads. Sadly, the mobile app economy runs on ads.