Re: Viruses, spyware found in 'alarming' number of Android VPN apps

From	Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com>
References	<3f7553c29122ba5bdc37044b390f3d05@anon.holland.remailer.nl>
Subject	Re: Viruses, spyware found in 'alarming' number of Android VPN apps
Message-ID	<5226717d9e416b3541f6e43647e4047a@dizum.com> (permalink)
Date	2017-01-30 08:41 +0100
Newsgroups	alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.mobile.android, comp.security.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Organization	dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider

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Cornelis Tromp <nobody@holland.remailer.nl> wrote:
>
> A team from CSIRO's Data 61, University of NSW and UC Berkley in the
> US found a whole bunch of Android VPN apps contain viruses, spyware
> and other adware.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-25/viruses-spyware-found-in-alarming
> -number-of-android-vpn-apps/8210796

if you could download the .apk files and scan them on a linux or 
windows platform, those issues would be come apparent.  but no, 
google has to prevent you from being able to examine them for 
malware by forcing the install from their crappy store.  by the 
time a user figures out they have been screwed over, it's too 
late and time to reset the phone.

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Re: Viruses, spyware found in 'alarming' number of Android VPN apps Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2017-01-30 08:41 +0100
  Re: Viruses, spyware found in 'alarming' number of Android VPN apps Cornelis Tromp <nobody@holland.remailer.nl> - 2017-01-30 12:11 +0000
    Re: Viruses, spyware found in 'alarming' number of Android VPN apps Jeremy Bentham <nobody@anemone.mooo.com> - 2017-01-31 07:05 +0100

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