While many apps are useful, some can harm them - and steal personal data.Now the Play Store has reacted and extinguished nine applications.You shouldn't remain idle too.
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Apps on the smartphone can be very useful.There are applications with which you can edit photos, recognize songs, read messages, act, act or book the next trip - the selection is huge.
But there are also apps that can be dangerous for them.So also nine popular Android applications that Google has thrown out of the Play Store.The developer accounts were also blocked.
The reason: The apps have spied on the Facebook log-in data.This happened with a trick: to switch off advertising in the app, users were able to log in with their Facebook account.But in addition to the correct registration side of the social network, the apps switched a fake page between that the login data sent to cyber-criminals.
You should delete these apps soon
The following apps are affected:
The app with most downloads in the Play Store was "Pip Photo", a processing application - 5.8 million times it was downloaded.The "Software Processing Photo" app comes to half a million downloads.The other apps were downloaded much less often.
Nevertheless, if you have one or more of these apps on your smartphone, you should delete them as soon as possible.This also applies if you have not registered in the app via Facebook.
What else you should consider
Also check whether you discover irregularities on your Facebook account, i.e. messages that are sent in your name.You could also change your Facebook password.In general: a two-factor authentication is significantly safer than if you only use a password.
You should also scan your smartphone with antivirus software.In general, pay attention to the exact origin of the app when downloading apps - and the ratings.That can help filter out certain dubious apps.
