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Government Spyware Firm That Put Rogue Apps on Play Store Goes Bankrupt
A court just declared eSurv, a company that sold spyware to Italian cops, bankrupt.
How Loan Apps Weaponise Your Data to Make You Pay
“I felt like I had been stripped naked in front of everyone.”
Thousands of Users Unknowingly Joined Signal Because of 12-Year-Old's App
"Calls Chat" is essentially Signal with a different coat of paint.
Google Hosted an Insecure App for Searching Personal Data of Palestinians
It’s possible to scrape the biographical data of thousands of Palestinians from an exposed server.
Who’s Afraid of TikTok?
The interim ban by the Indian Supreme Court has led to the removal of the Chinese app from Google Play and Apple stores. But digital activists say the move might be reducing India to a “nanny state”.
Prosecutors Launch Investigation Into Company That Put Malware on Google Play Store
Italian government authorities have launched an inquiry into eSurv, a company that made spyware apps that it concealed as legitimate and innocuous-looking apps on the Google Play Store.
Google’s New Play Store Rules Are Breaking an App Sex Workers Use to Keep Safe
Ugly Mugs, a UK-based call screening app that helps workers avoid dangerous clients, is at risk for being shut down.
Fight Kejriwal, Hunt Black Money and Get Your Modi Face on in Digital India
The Google Play app store is basically Super Modi World now.
More Than 1 Million People Downloaded a Fake WhatsApp Android App
The Google Play Store is still filled with malicious copycats of legitimate ads.
Seven Music Apps to Love
From hookups to exclusive festival snapshots, here are a selection of some of the best music apps and services worth getting into.