Sci & TechFrom Huawei to Samsung, Android smartphones are some of the most popular smartphones around the world. From Huawei to Samsung, Android smartphones are some of the most popular smartphones around the world. Google has removed 813 ‘creepware’ apps from the Google Play Store that could have been used to stalk, harass, defraud or threaten users. SEE ALSO: Google removes creepy apps used to 'stalk, harass, defraud or threaten people'They ran the algorithm against apps installed on more than 50 million Android smartphone to determine if any contained creepware. The analysis identified 857 apps contained creepware, including 114 spoofing apps, 80 harassment apps, and 63 the contained hacking tutorials.

Source: Standard Digital May 22, 2020 08:37 UTC