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It's interesting how the headline writer chose to include "from China". If the developer had been French of American, would they have included "from France", o
by RobotToaster 4y ago
It's interesting how the headline writer chose to include "from China". If the developer had been French of American, would they have included "from France", or "From America"?
- tyrfing 4y agoIt's a company with 750M MAU, so very large but still not something most US readers would be aware of. If it was a French or US developer, they would have just used the name of it.
- PakG1 4y agoFrom the article: The malicious versions of the Pinduoduo app were available in third-party markets, which users in China and elsewhere rely on because the official Google Play market is off-limits or not easy to access. No malicious versions were found in Play or Apple’s App Store. Last Monday, TechCrunch reported that Pinduoduo was pulled from Play after Google discovered a malicious version of the app available elsewhere. TechCrunch reported the malicious apps available in third-party markets exploited several zero-days, vulnerabilities that are known or exploited before a vendor has a patch available. As far as I know, China is the only country that has 3rd-party Android app markets of that size because Google Play is literally not allowed there. So I don't think this would be a significant story anywhere else in the world.