Oops, 8 Android apps have been found misleading advertising

Not only Cheetah Mobile, Kika Tech's Keka Keyboard app is also reputed to follow the same practice to claim reference credit.

Mentionned the keyboard This requires that the user gives permission to read what is typed, and then monitors to recommend other apps based on what the user is searching for.

The two big developers have denied the allegations and blamed the third party, the SDK, behind the click injection.

Cheat this app is the latest discovery of a similar practice found on Google Play.

A little earlier in October, it was found that 125 Android applications cheated against the theft of clicks, worth 10 million US dollars.

As a result, Google has removed many malicious apps from the Play Store. Last week, Google also removed 13 contaminated apps. malware. In fact, among these applications have been downloaded up to half a million times.

AT BuzzFeed NewsGoogle said it had investigated Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech.

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