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#Apps REMOVED from #Google_Play for #HARVESTING #USER_DATA | What happened?

Dozens of apps were removed from the Google Play Store after they were found to be harvesting the data of #device_owners.

The code in question—a software development kit (#SDK)—was used #inside_apps which were downloaded over 10 million times.

A wide range of Android apps were found to have this particular #SDK_lurking...

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2022/04/apps-removed-from-google-play-for-harvesting-user-data/

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