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in regard to iOS: When tencent bought the iOS version, the "user contract" was grossly changed. Just uninstall it and use the native iOS Notes app to scan your .pdf documents.
Wow, I never knew you can use the Notes app to scan documents.
For the past few days I've been seen spam events in my calendar about "free iPhones" and "webcam girls" - I couldn't figure out where they were coming from. I have CamScanner installed, so presumably that's the source... Now, I can remove CamScanner (which is a shame, it's a really good app), but how can I ensure the trojan is also removed? I tried the Avast AntiVirus app, but it didn't find anything. What does every…
I've been using this app for years and also telling other people to use it, so this sucks. If anyone else is looking for a replacement there's a Microsoft app called "Office Lens" that seems to do a really nice job and is as safe a bet as anything.
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> how can I ensure the trojan is also removed? The trojan is inside the app. Remove the app, and you remove the trojan.
Is this a solid guarantee? Usually on Windows a Trojan replicates itself outside of the main application it was installed through.
Guess what - this was caused by a third-party ad network: https://twitter.com/CamScanner/status/1166733219841986561/ph...
That is and for many, always an issue. Adverts help pay for content, be that a game or website - people literally make a living that way that it has become a bit of a defacto approach. But when you are tied to including some code that goes off to a site that you have no or very little control over, you are outsourcing part of your company (web or app) into the hands of another in which, if they mess up. You are the t…
Maybe Google should pay more attention to their own ecosystem and less focus on embarrassing other vendors.
I too wish they should stop using their resources to find security problems Apple should have found themselves. But I very much disagree this is about embarrassing Apple. In fact, Google is doing them a huge favor. (The iMessage bug for example could have been turned into a worm and infected ALL iPhones on the planet in matter of minutes if it was found by blackhat hackers instead. Apple should be thankful)
I think Fuchsia can’t come fast enough for an opportunity to break backwards compatibility and catch up with the rest of the world on security.
(I also think that Google needs to put some more humans in the Play Store review process, but as we all know Google despises using humans when they can automate a process.)
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> Has anyone ever got any app flagged by PlayProtect? I know it famously flags the Apptoide app store (a Google Play rival) as malware[1] [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/04/aptoide-a-play-store-rival...
I just took a look at Apptoide, why does everything have some sort of coin associated with it. Does anybody else just close the tab as soon as they see any mention of Bitcoin etc?
Yup. I also usually take the time to ridicule the offenders for being very silly.
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I don't know this particular case, but "malware" seems to be used to describe "adware" these days by some blogs to generate more clicks. Android is just as secure/unsecure as iOS. Some recent "malware" campaigns targeted both platforms but in general Apple silently removes them while Android gets scrutinized to death. Edit: to answer your questions, these apps still operate within the limits of the sandbox. Which is…
This is clearly not the case. Not only is Android’s permission system more permissive, most Android phones don’t get updates as frequently and definitely not as far long as iOS.
This is irrelevant. Most phones period don't get updates frequently. Does that mean you shouldn't buy any phone? No, you should buy a phone that does get updated, and there are plenty of Android options.
PlayProtect is not detecting and warning users about CamScanner even when it has been removed from the Playstore. I've tested it via manual scan on PlayProtect as well, no dice. Isn't that what it is supposed to do? Has anyone ever got any app flagged by PlayProtect? If it's useless, then rather I would disable it than to give it access to all my installed apps. Google Engineers here, please ping your Google Play tea…