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Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update - Malwarebytes Labs (blog.malwarebytes.com)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was a victim lol

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (2 children)

This is why I use an open source barcode scanner. Not saying it's impossible for them to be privacy abusing, but there's a huge disincentive for that in open source, and people will just fork it if it does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

Yeah, this got carried over from my last phone. I had installed it way before I got into open source stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

And most Android apps comes with ads.