Topic: Playstore is not safe (Read 375 times)
Plus, you have to create a lot of space just to download an app that requires little space.
We can't trust apps from playstore anymore,100s of apps from play store are infected with malwares and keyloggers,do not download apps from play store anymore,if you need any app badly find their website and download from original source, beware
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
Downloading any new apps from the playstore is highly risky,even sometimes the most reputed once also faced security and privacy concerns will get removed by playstore but we need to give the time for play store team to analyse their app. What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
We can't trust apps from playstore anymore,100s of apps from play store are infected with malwares and keyloggers,do not download apps from play store anymore,if you need any app badly find their website and download from original source, beware
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
I never use playstore since 2017 as I knew it was infected by lots of negativity..just like what you’ve said I always downloaded apps that I need from direct links in their sitesWhat most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
We from crypto has been always the target by malware and keyloggers so to keep safe never download from free offers instead go from the sites directly
We can't trust apps from playstore anymore,100s of apps from play store are infected with malwares and keyloggers,do not download apps from play store anymore,if you need any app badly find their website and download from original source, beware
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
when it comes to online nothing is safe so don't blame the Play Store only everything come under the internet is always care and we need to face them everything each and every day otherwise we don't need to use the internet that's why nothing is safe or private in this world. What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
wow, i didn`t know all these i have always thought playstore is the safest place to get android apps. thanks to y`all for the advice i`ll begin to look out now.
If an official app source like play store is not safe anymore where is more safer to download app?this is something google play store should take action on by themselves,its their job
We can't trust apps from playstore anymore,100s of apps from play store are infected with malwares and keyloggers,do not download apps from play store anymore,if you need any app badly find their website and download from original source, beware
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
Before i download something in playstore, i used to check the feedback first. If the feedback were not good then i would never download that app, and honestly, many apps in playstore lately are nonsense and are useless.
We can't trust apps from playstore anymore,100s of apps from play store are infected with malwares and keyloggers,do not download apps from play store anymore,if you need any app badly find their website and download from original source, beware
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
What most of these apps do is uploading users data to their own servers which can result in stealing your wallet keys too
Before i download something in playstore, i used to check the feedback first. If the feedback were not good then i would never download that app, and honestly, many apps in playstore lately are nonsense and are useless.
If you don't feel comfortable with the mobile version (that obviously is not infected with malware and keyloggers) you can download the desktop version from the site https://eidoo.io/desktop-download
And that changes what exactly ?
No one implied that the google is infecting applications in their playstore.
It doesn't matter where the application is downloaded from. If the developer are not trusted, the risk is everywhere the same. Well, theoretically it is higher when not downloading from the playstore, but ignoring this fact for now.
Downloading a desktop wallet from a completely unknown site isn't safer either.
The difference is just that it is easier to create malware for desktop systems than android, with higher privileges and more access to data.
Eidoo does the same thing I said above, they don't offer a download version they link to the store.
So, how did you managed to install it?
So, how did you managed to install it?
If you don't feel comfortable with the mobile version (that obviously is not infected with malware and keyloggers) you can download the desktop version from the site https://eidoo.io/desktop-download
A recent study by the University of Sydney (Faculty of Engineering's School of Computer Science and Data61-CSIRO) determined that, out of the 1M+ apps investigated on the Google Play Store (out of around 2,6M apps), 2040 of them were likely counterfeit, with the potential of stealing data from your device.
The proportion is small by comparison, [...]
The proportion is small by comparison, [...]
The study only talks about fake application, but not about malware infected applications itself.
While it stands to reasn that every of this faked application contains malware, there are for sure multiple others (for example popular original games, which have malware included).
Recently about 10 apps have been removed, with more than 1M+ downloads, because of malware.
This wasn't real dangerous malware, but adware (it nested itself into other applications and showed custom advertisements), with the ability to download further code to execute - which hasn't been used yet.
I am sure that the number of infected applications is way higher than the number quoted from a study concentrating on counterfeit applications.
I've stopped downloading apps from play store since a year now after my phone was infected with a malware that almost ruin my smartphone life,I won't advice anyone to keep private keys or bank account info on smartphone
I occassionally download apps that I needed from playstore and even online but I'm very certain of what to download.
I don't download apps randomly just because I think that it's good to download. Verify the source, authors and as much as possible check it from the company itself if that's the actual app they had just to be sure of it.
I don't download apps randomly just because I think that it's good to download. Verify the source, authors and as much as possible check it from the company itself if that's the actual app they had just to be sure of it.
Google and other apps store should increase their scrutiny for new apps from unverified developers. They have that power so they should use it to protect their users. Or make everything open source so anyone can take a look at the code themselves from the playstore directly.
Downloading apps outside of the Google PlayStore is no different, or actually possibly a lot worse(privacy concerns aside). If you download your apps outside the Google PlayStore, you could still download fraudulent apps if you don't do your research, which you should do in the first place when downloading from the Google PlayStore. You simply shouldn't just download apps randomly.
No matter from where you download it, if you don't download a reputed and authorized app, you may have been hacked. One of my youtube channels was hacked along with its associated email, the recovery email was changed as well. When I tried to recover my email, it was asking me to have a code on the recovered email which the hacker set. Later, I researched with that email to find out who the hacker is because the address was a little known to me. Found that it was one of email from one of my app I used on my phone long ago.
A recent study by the University of Sydney (Faculty of Engineering's School of Computer Science and Data61-CSIRO) determined that, out of the 1M+ apps investigated on the Google Play Store (out of around 2,6M apps), 2040 of them were likely counterfeit, with the potential of stealing data from your device.
The proportion is small by comparison, but it only takes one of them to be popular and installed by you in order to be compromised to some degree. I haven't been able to see the full report (you need to pay for it), but it would be interesting to see what those 2040 apps amount to in terms of downloads, as well as a breakdown by category (both of usage and by vulnerability type).
(see https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/06/24/over-2-000-fake-android-apps-discovered.html)
The proportion is small by comparison, but it only takes one of them to be popular and installed by you in order to be compromised to some degree. I haven't been able to see the full report (you need to pay for it), but it would be interesting to see what those 2040 apps amount to in terms of downloads, as well as a breakdown by category (both of usage and by vulnerability type).
(see https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/06/24/over-2-000-fake-android-apps-discovered.html)
Unfortunately if you get yourself "conaminated" with any of those malwares out there, no matter what app you have installed it will be infected.
BTW we managed to take down a fake Core wallet off the Androind Play Store so there is kind of a control what is published. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/warning-fake-btc-core-btc-wallet-in-google-play-5161847
A recent study by the University of Sydney (Faculty of Engineering's School of Computer Science and Data61-CSIRO) determined that, out of the 1M+ apps investigated on the Google Play Store (out of around 2,6M apps), 2040 of them were likely counterfeit, with the potential of stealing data from your device.
The proportion is small by comparison, but it only takes one of them to be popular and installed by you in order to be compromised to some degree. I haven't been able to see the full report (you need to pay for it), but it would be interesting to see what those 2040 apps amount to in terms of downloads, as well as a breakdown by category (both of usage and by vulnerability type).
(see https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/06/24/over-2-000-fake-android-apps-discovered.html)
The proportion is small by comparison, but it only takes one of them to be popular and installed by you in order to be compromised to some degree. I haven't been able to see the full report (you need to pay for it), but it would be interesting to see what those 2040 apps amount to in terms of downloads, as well as a breakdown by category (both of usage and by vulnerability type).
(see https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/06/24/over-2-000-fake-android-apps-discovered.html)
Best practice is to not store crypto on devices you are using day-to-day. There are countless malicious phone apps and computer programs, scam websites, shady emails, etc. You should be using separate and clean devices for your crypto usage, not the same computer you use to download email attachments and visit porn sites, and not the same phone you use to download silly games or messaging apps.
I do use a mobile wallet on my phone for small amounts of day-to-day crypto, but I am fully aware that it is a highly risky environment compared to my cold storage. I also store the crypto wallet inside a separate encrypted section on my phone's memory.
I do use a mobile wallet on my phone for small amounts of day-to-day crypto, but I am fully aware that it is a highly risky environment compared to my cold storage. I also store the crypto wallet inside a separate encrypted section on my phone's memory.
if you need any app badly find their website and download from original source, beware
The website may also be compromised and is not an assurance that the app is safe.
Do not allow apps direct permissions into your personal files.
Have an updated virus/malware protection software.
Verify any app you download from ANY source.
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