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

From	Jeremy Bentham <nobody@anemone.mooo.com>
References	<5226717d9e416b3541f6e43647e4047a@dizum.com> <35085d9c3de092eddd1e03a2fba6e03e@anon.holland.remailer.nl>
Subject	Re: Viruses, spyware found in 'alarming' number of Android VPN apps
Message-ID	<92ccc7d3ce73c05411d94cecd6fdd475@anemone.mooo.com> (permalink)
Date	2017-01-31 07:05 +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:
>
> >
> > In article
> > <3f7553c29122ba5bdc37044b390f3d05@anon.holland.remailer.nl>
> > 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.
>
>   I use the NetGuard firewall.  It is free and for only a $1 extra, it stops the adverts (which are no problem because you only see them when the firewall interface is in view).  The firewall list all apps that use a data or wifi connection and allows you to block them.  I have every app blocked, including google spy crap.  When I need to install an app, I release google for the installation period only.  So with NetGuard, apps that unnecessarily demand and require wifi or data connection are no problem because I simply disallow them from getting out of the phone.

That means they eat up cpu cycle time and kill your battery 
faster.

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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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