Adware API sends smartmobe data home to Chinese company
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I think this can be found on iphones too because I have been observing some BYOD iphones on networks reaching out to China servers. I was wondering what the heck could possibly be going on. "Google pulls 500 apps that used the Igexin SDK By Richard Chirgwin 23 Aug 2017 at 07:02 SHARE ? Mobile developers, listen up: when you pick up that easy-to-use advertising API, make sure it's not snoopware. That's the lesson, the take-out, or (god have mercy on my soul) key learning from work by security outfit Lookout, whose analysis of the Igexin advertising SDK ended with hundreds of apps returning “not found” on Google Play. The firm found the SDK behaved badly by watching over smartphones and saving call time, calling number, and call state and sending that back to igexin.com...." Adware API sends smartmobe data home to Chinese company • The Register[^]
Later, JoeSox “Write hard and clear about what hurts.” - Ernest Hemingway Last.fm - CPForAndroid++
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I think this can be found on iphones too because I have been observing some BYOD iphones on networks reaching out to China servers. I was wondering what the heck could possibly be going on. "Google pulls 500 apps that used the Igexin SDK By Richard Chirgwin 23 Aug 2017 at 07:02 SHARE ? Mobile developers, listen up: when you pick up that easy-to-use advertising API, make sure it's not snoopware. That's the lesson, the take-out, or (god have mercy on my soul) key learning from work by security outfit Lookout, whose analysis of the Igexin advertising SDK ended with hundreds of apps returning “not found” on Google Play. The firm found the SDK behaved badly by watching over smartphones and saving call time, calling number, and call state and sending that back to igexin.com...." Adware API sends smartmobe data home to Chinese company • The Register[^]
Later, JoeSox “Write hard and clear about what hurts.” - Ernest Hemingway Last.fm - CPForAndroid++
Doesn't seem to list the apps that got whacked. But more importantly, howdy? :-D Wow, it's been so long since I saw you post! All well? Btw, your last.fm profile is a bit stale. PM me your Whatsapp number if you want, can chat there :)
Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
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Doesn't seem to list the apps that got whacked. But more importantly, howdy? :-D Wow, it's been so long since I saw you post! All well? Btw, your last.fm profile is a bit stale. PM me your Whatsapp number if you want, can chat there :)
Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
Vikram! You know what's funny? I was thinking the other day about the conversations we used to have and about INTP stuff and I was wondering if you finished your schooling (I think you were attending at that time) but I am always busy and never followed up. Yeah, some job hopping and I don't play as much music at work anymore so I don't use the last.fm plugins anymore. I don't have Whatsapp. You on Facebook or Linkedin works too if we aren't connected already. You may still have my gmail account too.
Later, JoeSox “Write hard and clear about what hurts.” - Ernest Hemingway Last.fm - CPForAndroid++
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Vikram! You know what's funny? I was thinking the other day about the conversations we used to have and about INTP stuff and I was wondering if you finished your schooling (I think you were attending at that time) but I am always busy and never followed up. Yeah, some job hopping and I don't play as much music at work anymore so I don't use the last.fm plugins anymore. I don't have Whatsapp. You on Facebook or Linkedin works too if we aren't connected already. You may still have my gmail account too.
Later, JoeSox “Write hard and clear about what hurts.” - Ernest Hemingway Last.fm - CPForAndroid++
I am on FB and Linkedin but rarely ever use them. Nothing works like chat anyway :( But email is still cool. Can't find yours in my Gmail, we were probably using my Yahoo account at the time. If you can just send me a private mail using the below link, we can yap using email.
Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
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I am on FB and Linkedin but rarely ever use them. Nothing works like chat anyway :( But email is still cool. Can't find yours in my Gmail, we were probably using my Yahoo account at the time. If you can just send me a private mail using the below link, we can yap using email.
Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
I can't figure out how to private reply. :sigh: I must be missing something. Yeah, looks like you were using yahoo as I searched the previous emails. My email is my CP username at gmail.
Later, JoeSox “Write hard and clear about what hurts.” - Ernest Hemingway Last.fm - CPForAndroid++