Just looking at the Security Box Email list, and saw an article about Samsung’s app store. If this is true, Samsung should be ashamed of itself.
Michael, the poster who sent this Phone Arena article, indicated on our network that these phones get updates and recommended them. But he never talked about the app store.
I am not sure why, maybe he didn’t know about it, or decided that since it isn’t one of his main phones, he just doesn’t do much with the phone as it is.
Regardless, this week is blogging week, and I feel that this article should be blogged. Its titled Samsung’s app store is home to potentially harmful apps and should be read.
The article talks about apps that are found in this store and what their behavior is. Its unfortunate that app stores are now having these types of problems, especially if the apps look to be just fine by reading descriptions and the like.
If you use the Samsung app store, what do you do to make sure that you’re not getting bit by apps that are exfiltrating data and asking for more permissions than they need? The boards and comment lines await you.