This article is total linkbait. They redefine "malware" to create a sensationalized headline. The article never mentions what the consumer facing features were

This article is total linkbait. They redefine "malware" to create a sensationalized headline. The article never mentions what the consumer facing features were suppose to be. It could have had a legitimate use, but also this privacy violating code. This is more properly an app that violates user privacy - which is not something new or particularly newsworthy - and not malware.