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Banned Android App Clean Master Still Collecting Users' Private Data: Report
Nearly two years after Clean Master, an app promising antivirus protection and private browsing was removed from Google's Play Store, a new report has claimed that the app might be still causing trouble for its past and present users. The app that was developed by Cheetah Mobile, a Chinese Internet company, was removed from Google Play in 2018 after it was found that the app was allegedly involved in ad fraud schemes. At its peak, Clean Master was a quite popular app with over a billion downloads and it can be assumed that the app is still present on millions of smartphones.
According to a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. by Forbes, Clean Master has been collecting all manner of private Web user data that a security firm shared with You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. As previous reports You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. that several apps by You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. including Clean Master were involved in ad fraud schemes, Google never officially revealed the reasons to remove the app(s) from its app store. Other Cheetah products — You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., CM Launcher and Security Master — apps with millions of downloads have been also snooping into users' data, the report added citing a researcher at a cybersecurity company.
The report revealed that users' data such as browsing history, search engine queries, Wi-Fi access point names, and even scrolling patterns were collected by the app. This was even You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. in an article by VPN Pro, a cybersecurity guidance website, which claimed that apps such as Clean Master was collecting "dangerous information" of the users and need to be uninstalled.
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