Users voluntarily install an app that spies on them because they want money. How is this news? Maybe it's news to the people who never installed the app and may

Users voluntarily install an app that spies on them because they want money. How is this news? Maybe it's news to the people who never installed the app and maybe the methods that were used were interesting but if it was voluntary even if the users didn't understand the technical means but did understand what data was being spied on and collected I don't see the harm. These are also the same methods that companies use to spy on their employees. There is a vast number of firewalls that do this automatically. Companies absolutely have the ability to deploy trusted certs on every device that is within their control. This includes when people link their personal device to their company's email portal and it requests all those permissions to control your phone. I have no love for Facebook but it seems they were being more upfront about what was going on then your average corporation does with their employees. Google runs their own app check study that you can be a part of. When part of this program you will install an app on your phone that takes screenshots of what you're looking at on your phone and send it to Google. You are paid for this. Google even sends you a pixel phone to do this on and request that you use it as your normal phone. And while it does attempt to not take screenshots of some apps that are considered private it absolutely will grab those screenshots on accident at times.