But if you have an Android smartphone, a new report may urge you to reassess which apps you have installed. Google has removed 813 ‘creepware’ apps from the Google Play Store that could have been used to stalk, harass, defraud or threaten users. They ran the algorithm against apps installed on more than 50 million Android smartphone to determine if any contained creepware. (Image: Getty)The analysis identified 857 apps contained creepware, including 114 spoofing apps, 80 harassment apps, and 63 the contained hacking tutorials. (Image: Bloomberg)The researchers added: “As a result of our work, the Google Play Store has already removed hundreds of apps for policy violations.

Source: Daily Mirror May 13, 2020 11:24 UTC