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> Nevermind that being downloaded a million times doesn't mean by a million people, as scammers download their own app to boost numbers -- a million is what, 1
by trehalose 2y ago
> Nevermind that being downloaded a million times doesn't mean by a million people, as scammers download their own app to boost numbers -- a million is what, 1 in a few thousand smartphone users?
Isn't this cause for people to be more vigilant? You can't even trust apps that are vouched for by large numbers of users (with these large numbers being not mere claims on a shady website, but statistics officially certified by the authority of the app store).
- furyofantares 2y agoSure, it means you can't trust download count. But 2 million downloads among 35 apps is nothing when it comes to evaluating your personal risk. There's like 50,000 times that many apps downloaded every year. The point is the odds of you installing this app are very low. And if those numbers are half fraudulent then the odds are half of that already very small number.
- shakna 2y agoThat's one incident among many. Don't judge the situation by a singular incident. Google's move to realtime scanning of apps upon install is not because there is no risk.