• Einar@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Jup. It just says that “the malware was disguised as PDF and QR code readers”.

      Not helpful, Mashable. Not helpful at all.

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        5 months ago

        In fairness to Mashable, this isn’t their fault. The people that made the report didn’t make the list public.

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          5 months ago

          Then why is this the subtitle:

          The apps identified have since been removed from Google Play, but make sure you didn’t install one.

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            Because tech journalism is trash on the best days, and these android malapps articles only ever amount to blogspam to make you nervous. I don’t think I’ve seen more than a handful of these articles that actually warns you about the actual apps instead of just talking about the problem without relevant specifics.

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        I think I may know a few of those. But not through play store. They usually scam someone by saying they got a packet on their way and their tracking number must be opened on an app that they send via messaging apps.