{"id":1427723,"date":"2022-04-10T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427723"},"modified":"2022-04-10T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T19:00:14","slug":"data-harvesting-king-google-bans-apps-that-harvest-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-harvesting-king-google-bans-apps-that-harvest-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Harvesting King Google Bans Apps that Harvest Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdata-harvesting-king-google-bans-apps-that-harvest-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Despite Google\u2019s constant harvesting of user data, the Masters of the Universe have reportedly banned apps with hidden data-harvesting features from the Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/apps-with-hidden-data-harvesting-software-are-banned-by-google-11649261181\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that tech giant Google had removed dozens of apps from the Play Store after finding data harvesting code amongst the app\u2019s code. The code was written by a\u00a0Panamanian company, Measurement Systems S. de R.L., that is linked via corporate records and web registration to a Virginia defense contractor specializing in cyberintelligence, network-defense, and intelligence-intercept work for U.S. national security agencies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_8582510\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2018\/05\/Sabo-Google.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabo mocks Google CEO Sundar Pichai (unsavoryagents.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6572694\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/google-chrome-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6572694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/google-chrome-getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">KIMIHIRO HOSHINO\/AFP\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The code was run on millions of Android devices and was found inside multiple Muslim prayer apps which have been downloaded over 10 million times. The code was also discovered among highway-speed-trap detection apps, a QR-code reading app, and multiple other popular consumer-focused apps.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Measurement Systems reportedly paid developers around the world to add the code to their apps. The code allowed the company to collect data from app users without their knowledge, according to\u00a0Serge Egelman, a researcher at the International Computer Science Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, and Joel Reardon of the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The two researchers co-founded a company called AppCensus that examines the security and privacy of apps. The two said the Measurement Systems code is the most privacy-invasive SDK (Software Development Kit) they\u2019ve seen in the six years they\u2019ve been analyzing apps. Egelman stated that it can \u201cwithout a doubt be described as malware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Google is infamous for the amount of data it sucks up from its own users.\u00a0 The personal data and location information collected from its users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/google-location-tracking-tactics-troubled-its-own-engineers\/\">troubled<\/a> its own engineers. Multiple states have now sued the internet giant over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/01\/25\/multiple-states-sue-google-over-deceptive-location-tracking\/\">deceptive location tracking<\/a> practices.<\/p>\n<p>read more at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/apps-with-hidden-data-harvesting-software-are-banned-by-google-11649261181\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Google\u2019s constant harvesting of user data, the Masters of the Universe have reportedly banned apps with hidden data-harvesting features from the Google Play Store. 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