It is repeated quite often on the site, it is better to install only reliable applications on your smartphone. Mobile security company Pradeo discovered that two file management apps available on the Google Play Store were sending their users’ data to China. You may be worried.
Both apps, “File Recovery and Data Recovery” and “File Manager” are owned by the same developer, “Wang Tom”. In total, Installed at least 1.5 million times on Android smartphonesmany users may have been the victim of a data leak in recent months.
It is stated in the Google Play Store that no data is collected while using the applications, but this is not actually the case. Indeed, Pradeo’s analytics engine discovered: various personal information is collected without the knowledge of users.
The data received by the developer includes your contact lists, media files (images, audio files and videos) stored on your smartphone, real-time location, mobile country code, network provider details, SIM provider network code, operating system version, device. make and model. This personal data is then leaked to a server located in China.
Note that apps have also been found to request advanced permissions, allowing them to reboot devices on their own and even hide their icons, making it harder for users to delete them. If you use one of these, therefore, we can only recommend that you remove them quickly.
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