March 27, 2020

Android apps are snooping on your installed software

Android apps are snooping on other software on your device - and that could tell shady advertising companies more about you than you'd like.

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February 24, 2020

Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we're trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.

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February 06, 2020

Android pulls 24 ‘dangerous’ malware-filled apps from Play Store

The malware-infected apps used to harvest data and sign users up to premium services have been downloaded more than 382 million times.

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January 13, 2020

Google urged to tame privacy-killing Android bloatware

A letter sent to the Google CEO by Privacy International claims bloatware has allowed a privacy and security hole to open almost unnoticed.

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November 05, 2019

Google patches bug that let nearby hackers send malware to your phone

Google has patched an Android bug that could have allowed attackers to use NFC to send over a malicious file to the victim's phone

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February 19, 2019

Thousands of Android apps bypass Advertising ID to track users

Six years after it was introduced, it looks as if Android’s Advertising ID (AAID) might no longer be the privacy forcefield Google claimed it would be.

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November 06, 2018

Children’s apps contain an average of 7 third-party trackers, study finds

Android apps in the "Family" category had a surprisingly high number of trackers embedded in them.

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August 15, 2018

Are your Android apps listening to you?

This simple setup will help you discover if your apps are listening in on you.

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February 01, 2018

Over 700,000 bad apps removed from Google Play store in 2017

Google says that last year alone it removed 700,000 'bad apps' and stopped 100,000 bad app developers from sharing their apps on the Google Play store.

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