After security troupe Lookoutrevealed1 million citizenry ’s personal details were at risk of exposure after download an Android wallpaper app , Google has done its own investigation and decided Jackeey Wallpaper was n’t actually get any trauma to users .
https://gizmodo.com/over-1m-android-users-details-were-compromised-thanks-t-5599435
The app has beenreturnedto the Android Market , and while we knew last week that the app was n’t actually mining SMS and browsing account detail , nor the voicemail password as first report , it was still accessing the phone turn , indorser info and voicemail number for the drug user ’s phone .
However , after looking into the billet , Google found that the data was only being accessed for richer predilection and helping Jackeey Wallpaper identify users and recommend other apps . That did n’t stop the big G from propose they go about their business in another , secure , way , despite it being solely potential to collect user information thanks to the way Android ’s download system works . Not to mention the fact that when users were download the apps , they were told that information was being collect on them . [ microcomputer World ]
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