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Tons of malware infested apps get through both app stores. https://www.pcmag.com/news/study-reveals-googles-play-store-is-main-distributor-of-malicious-apps ht
by impissedoff1 3y ago
Tons of malware infested apps get through both app stores.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/study-reveals-googles-play-store-is-main-distributor-of-malicious-apps https://www.pcmag.com/news/study-reveals-googles-play-store-...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/over-half-a-million-users-been-infected-with-joker-malware-after-downloading-this-android-app-from-google-play/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/over-half-a-million-users-been...
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/more-malware-infested-apps-found-google-play-store https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/more-malware-infe...
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/malicious-apps-millions-downloads-apple-google-app-stores https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/malicious-apps-...
https://lifehacker.com/great-now-the-apple-app-store-has-malware-too-1849386738 https://lifehacker.com/great-now-the-apple-app-store-has-mal...
Etc..there were some studies posted about this too
- lockhouse 3y agoYou’re being disingenuous here. Of course malware slips through the review process, but it definitely catches more than it misses. Additionally, it serves as a deterrent to malware authors to seek softer attack surfaces.
- impissedoff1 3y agoHaving more stores won't open up anything. A user will still have to install them. And I'm sure they would implement their own process. Fdroid for example, compiles everything going through there