"Some users were tricked into setting a malicious camera app as the default and then using it to capture things that should have remained private" A Google sea

"Some users were tricked into setting a malicious camera app as the default and then using it to capture things that should have remained private" A Google search for "malicious camera apps" leads to this from January https://cybernews.com/security/popular-camera-apps-steal-data-infect-malware/" https://cybernews.com/security/popular-camera-apps-steal-dat... Copy-paste of its summary of the top 30 "beauty camera" apps: > More than half (16) of these apps are based in Hong Kong or China > One app doesn’t ask for permission to use your camera, but turns the camera on anyways – without any permission > Three seemingly separate developers seem to be run by the same group, and may be connected to apps previously found to contain a widely-dispersed Trojan > The top-ranked app developer Meitu, with more than 300 million installs, had apps identified as malware, violating Google’s ad policies, or secretly collecting data > One app developer was found to install malware through its software > One app was accused of sending users pornographic content, redirecting them to phishing sites, or collecting their pictures > These apps are requesting up to 7 dangerous permissions, 5 on average, most of which are unnecessary for the app to function > Unnecessary permissions include recording audio, using GPS, and seeing users’ phone statuses > While only a few permissions are required for the app function, one app includes a whopping 40 total permissions