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Andy Meek
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Policing a mobile applications marketplace is no easy feat when you're a tech giant the size of Google or Apple, both of which are constantly flooded with requests for new apps to be approved and both of which manage that inflow with a variety of tools that include human oversight and review.
Google has been under fire in recent months over the discovery of hundreds of sketchy apps in its Google Play Store, apps found to be engaged in all manner of shady practices including serving as delivery mechanisms for adware. Today, meanwhile, one blog has turned its attention to Apple's App Store, announcing that it's found 1,370 sketchy apps -- mostly of the dating variety.
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iPhone users, beware: 1,370 scam apps might’ve just been uncovered in the App Store originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 15:34:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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