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9-11GaveMe5G t1_jdwq1k2 wrote

> Last Monday, TechCrunch reported that Pinduoduo was pulled from Play after Google discovered a malicious version of the app available elsewhere

Google got in front of one for once. I knew they could do it!

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thawingSumTendies OP t1_jdwq7pw wrote

Hopefully that’s good omen.

The sooner malicious apps are taken down, the better it is for all Android users.

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SwallowYourDreams t1_jdxp5ly wrote

And yet, they needed (what appear to be) two whistleblowers and a security to point them to this. None of this was discovered by Google themselves - others tipped them off.

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