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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  • Anonymous
  • 6wN
  • 25 Jun 2019

Just remove all of them. 2000 less apps but more secure play store. Or limit it's permissions.

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    • Tru
    • tuf
    • 25 Jun 2019

    sr777, 25 Jun 2019Google should add an option to flag apps for unnecessary/ex... moreYeah we need this

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      • sr777
      • X}t
      • 25 Jun 2019

      Google should add an option to flag apps for unnecessary/excessive permission requirements.

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        • AnonD-558092
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        • 25 Jun 2019

        Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019FlappyBird wants to know your locationThat's the W3C prompt. For websites

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          • Anonymous
          • 0C5
          • 25 Jun 2019

          FlappyBird wants to know your location

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            • AnonD-558092
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            • 25 Jun 2019

            Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019Apple and the US is dying...I definitely see how dirtbags putting fake apps on the Google Play Store caused the demise of both Apple and the USA.

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              • Anonymous
              • uCG
              • 25 Jun 2019

              Apple and the US is dying...

                Anonymous, 25 Jun 20193rd spot so what? With the upcoming iPhones, and ban of Hua... moreAndroid and apple are both arms of the American government. Don't delude yourself

                  Anonymous, 25 Jun 20193rd spot so what? With the upcoming iPhones, and ban of Hua... moreOnly IF that sales scenario materializes then that's the only time that your statement will be correct. FYI, iPhone's sales figures for the last Q dropped and failed to hit their forecast. Ever wondering why they stopped iPhone X production?
                  I am not an iPhone hater but I am not into false claim. -,-

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Gfx
                    • 25 Jun 2019

                    Dominique, 25 Jun 2019Guess you're still holding for the old sales records becaus... more3rd spot so what? With the upcoming iPhones, and ban of Huawei, Apple will be top again. Just watch and see. Furthermore, when comes to security concerns, Android will always be suffering - ranking doesn't matters at all.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Gfx
                      • 25 Jun 2019

                      [deleted post]US is a bully.... good luck reasoning with them.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Gfx
                        • 25 Jun 2019

                        Dominique, 25 Jun 2019How about Google photos and Google Hangouts, are they not f... moreSo? Can you install those on iOS using the copies from Google Play store? No! You have to install from Apple App store right? Even the versions are different.

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                          • sasi kumar
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                          • 25 Jun 2019

                          temple run and hill climb racing still in play store

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                            • sr777
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                            • 25 Jun 2019

                            Most children apps and games are very dangerous. Some require unnecessary number of permissions and most ot them are just fake apps with different names.

                              Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019That's doesn't be the underlying OS allow such exploits. In... moreGuess you're still holding for the old sales records because now they're on the 3rd spot even with Trump's help. -,-

                                Anonymous, 25 Jun 2019Wrong! Google play apps are only for Android aka the exploi... moreHow about Google photos and Google Hangouts, are they not from Playstore?

                                  but still, US ban Huawei for scamming

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                                    • JessicaB
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                                    • 25 Jun 2019

                                    [deleted post]well... most likely NO, cuz google is from US says yahoo :)

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 5Jk
                                      • 25 Jun 2019

                                      It's about time. You'd think Google with all their M.L. and A.I. algorithms would have caught this stuff long ago.

                                      No. Because doing so would have impacted their revenue and we can't have that, can we Google.

                                      Had enough of the unethical B.S. from these tech companies.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Gfx
                                        • 25 Jun 2019

                                        Dominique, 25 Jun 2019Aren't Google playstore apps caters both for iOS and Android?Wrong! Google play apps are only for Android aka the exploitable OS. Apps for iOS are on Apple Apps store which is different.