Study finds over 2,000 dangerous apps on Google Play Store, some are famous

24 June 2019
The study includes over 1 million apps.

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  • 25 Jun 2019

sr777, 25 Jun 2019Google should add an option to flag apps for unnecessary/ex... morewhy can't the user just figure that out for themslves?
Oh, I've got the calculator app, it wants permissions to data and wifi, my camera, my phone book, my call history, post to facebook on my behalf ...

    Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019anyone experience full screen pop out ads after turn on you... moreIt's probably some fishy app fault, delete any strange all.
    If it's not resolve ypu need to factory reset

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      • 25 Jun 2019

      Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019Right. Yet Google are the one having dangerous apps even on... moreMan when comes to dangerous apps apple is even worse.
      Many their apps even dont needs a permision they just share your data and you even dont know.
      First time you download or use any app or just subscribe to terms of use and agreement you have no idea what kind f data your phone shares and where.

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        • 25 Jun 2019

        anyone experience full screen pop out ads after turn on your data :( I donno how to get rid of that full screen pop out ads so very annoying !!

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          • 25 Jun 2019

          Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019Who cares? The topic here is NOT about who being #1. The pr... moreWith custom OS which you can instal in almost every phone its not a problem.
          Apple is less secure than you think.
          If a 5 years old kid long time ago managed to breach IOS then we cant speak about security.
          Every OS is just a coouple of algorytms made by 1 and 0 numbers,
          Rest is just your prayers which turned to lies.

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            • 25 Jun 2019

            Anonymous, 25 Jun 20193rd spot so what? With the upcoming iPhones, and ban of Hua... moreMan even with Huawei ban apple will never be better.
            Even xiaomi will skip this year over apple and many other brands will do same.
            Apple security is crap. Even a 5 years old kid were able to breach IOS saw tat somewhere posted to read.
            Android is USER FRIENDLY OS which allows its user for practicaly anything where in case of IOS without bloatware as ITUNES you cant even copy paste data from your phone to other device.

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              • 25 Jun 2019

              Why are we not talking about how Googles apps track you like you were a political dissident or a criminal --> data collected by Google --> data collected and stored forever by U.S. government.

              Those are the REAL dangerous apps, when an entire government is behind it. This needs to be discussed more often.

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                • 25 Jun 2019

                Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019That's doesn't be the underlying OS allow such exploits. In... moreIphone is crap same goes to IOS.
                Android is much better as it always was.
                At least is user friendly and allows its user for practicaly anything where in OS you barely change a backround.
                No OS have more bloatware than apple.

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                  • 25 Jun 2019

                  Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019Wrong! Google play apps are only for Android aka the exploi... moreThey are the same whats on Android is on IOS as well.
                  Onkly difference is IOS charges 100 bucks a year from every app in their store.
                  Thus android store have more than 3 billion of apps where IOS have 1/3 of that.
                  But IOS apps are same malware and spyware as android.
                  Only a custom rom in android devices makes huge difference.
                  Where IOS is crap os which doesnt allows you change even simple things and is completely user not-friendly os.

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                    • 25 Jun 2019

                    Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019Google Play services is the biggest Spyware IOS is even worse

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                      • 25 Jun 2019

                      DavidRegalJnr, 24 Jun 2019Obviously Android is significantly insecure compare to Ios ... moreMan app such as temple run is on IOS as well most of these apps are on IOS as well.
                      IOS is also insecure.

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                        • 25 Jun 2019

                        Walter C. Dornez, 24 Jun 2019That's actually a really bad misunderstanding, since the ap... moreTemple run is available in IOS store and as far as i know it was able to download in windows phones as well.
                        Same goes to many other apps such as forge of empires which also can be threatened as malware since it requires large ammount of permisions.
                        But its an awesome game which probably is safe just some third party app use this to get user data.

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                          • 25 Jun 2019

                          They are attractive but the young ones are at risk.

                            sr777, 25 Jun 2019Google should add an option to flag apps for unnecessary/ex... moreYEP !

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                              • 25 Jun 2019

                              Both iOS and Android are not secure US spy on people with these spywares.I hope some day someone bring open source mobile OS that could be installed on android that would be great.

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                                • 25 Jun 2019

                                Dominique, 25 Jun 2019Only IF that sales scenario materializes then that's the on... moreYou are comparing to the wrong thing. Trying comparing the sales of Google Pixels phones to the sales of iPhones, and see who sells more. The #1 spot for selling the most Android phones is NOT even by Google itself but by other companies like Samsung, Huawei, etc etc. Which is a shame because Google itself cannot even make good phones, unlike Apple!

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                                  • 25 Jun 2019

                                  NipponFan, 25 Jun 2019Android and apple are both arms of the American government.... moreRight. Yet Google are the one having dangerous apps even on the OFFICIAL Google Play store.

                                    SHAREit wants to locate you. Also needs bluetooth access. Earlier versions were doing same thing but just with wifi hotspot.

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                                      • 25 Jun 2019

                                      Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019You both don't know what you're talking about. Samsung is n... moreWho cares? The topic here is NOT about who being #1. The problem is all Android phones are much weaker when comes to security.

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                                        • 25 Jun 2019

                                        Anonymous, 25 Jun 20193rd spot so what? With the upcoming iPhones, and ban of Hua... moreYou both don't know what you're talking about. Samsung is number one, Apple has never been number one. It's highest position was 2 but dropped to 3 last year to Huawei. With Huawei's problems Oppo/Vivo and Xiaomi will be looking to overtake Apple and compete for second. Apple is dropping 6th soon if sales trends continue.

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