Hacker News
- Free VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Phones into Proxies https://restoreprivacy.com/free-vpn-apps-on-google-play-turn-phones-into-proxies/ 2 comments
- 'Phone' app renamed to 'Phone by Google' on the Play Store https://9to5google.com/2020/09/17/phone-by-google-play-store/ 4 comments nottheonion
- Free VPN apps on Google Play turned Android phones into proxies https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/free-vpn-apps-on-google-play-turned-android-phones-into-proxies/ 90 comments android
- Google Play Store shock alert as apps fail to stop malware on phones https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/news/770016/android-warning-google-play-store-shock-alert-as-apps-fail-to-stop-malware-on-phones 3 comments technology
- JustDial's Android app pulled from Google Play for secretly pulling users' Phone Diaries http://www.medianama.com/2012/09/223-justdial-app-pulled-from-google-play-store-privacy-concerns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=feed%3A+medianama+%28medianama%3A+digital+media+in+india%29 32 comments india
- Microsoft's Your Phone Companion app is now the #1 trending app in the Google Play app store https://twitter.com/VishnuNath/status/1047946104669708288 16 comments microsoft
- This app in Google Play wants to use phone mics to enforce copyrights https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/this-app-in-google-play-wants-to-use-phone-mics-to-enforce-copyrights/ 3 comments privacy
- Fake Pokemon Go app on Google Play infects phones with screenlocker http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/fake-pokemon-go-app-on-google-play-infects-phones-with-screenlocker/ 52 comments technology
- Some Google Play Store apps are found as malicious. Upgrade Android phones to prevent being compromised. http://thehackernews.com/2016/06/android-hacking-software.html?m=1 5 comments sysadmin
- T-Mobile releases an app in the Google Play Store that lets you easily unlock your phone http://www.greenbot.com/article/2462107/t-mobile-could-be-working-on-an-app-that-unlocks-your-phone-with-just-one-tap.html 34 comments technology
- Google Removes Popular App(Remove China apps) From Play Store Which Allowed Users To Detect And Uninstall Chinese Apps From Phone https://swarajyamag.com/insta/google-removes-popular-app-from-play-store-which-allowed-users-to-detect-and-uninstall-chinese-apps-from-phone 41 comments worldnews
- Alemarah, an app for Android phones created by Islamist fundamentalist group the Taliban, has been removed from Google's Play Store. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35959534 4 comments worldnews
- 238 Google Play apps with >440 million installs made phones nearly unusable https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/238-google-play-apps-with-440-million-installs-made-phones-nearly-unusable/ 11 comments technology
- Most of the Android antivirus apps in the Google Play store are complete BS and some may make your phone more likely to be infected by malware https://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-av-apps-bogus,news-29621.html 8 comments technology
- REMINDER: Phones Should Not Hold Your Largest Stash of Coins - ArsTechnica: Google Play app with 100 million downloads executed secret payloads https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/cwp5rn/reminder_phones_should_not_hold_your_largest/ 5 comments btc