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Android spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China (www.yahoo.com)
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Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware that quietly sends user data to servers in China.

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[โ€“] xXxDickBonerz69xXx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And yet the article doesn't say which File Manager is the spyware or what the dev is called. Great reporting.

[โ€“] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The apps are named in the second paragraph my guy. Literally did not have to scroll after clicking the link to prove you wrong.

[โ€“] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Even on a quick glance you can find literally 4 apps called "File Manager" and if you scroll further I'm sure there will be even more.