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Google removes fake Signal and Telegram apps hosted on Play (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Hyzerflip@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Question for the iPhone vs Android crowd. Could this happen in the Apple App Store? Does Apple vet their apps better than Android?

[–] Fingerthief@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Apple for the last few years until recently and I can't say I've ever really noticed stuff like apps faking being another app. That's not to say it doesn't happen of course.

I do know the Apple app approval process is definitely more strict than what is required for the Play Store.

I'm not very experienced with Apple or Android development so I'd be curious to hear from devs that use both platforms as well.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My experience is from years ago, but the vetting process seemed about the same for both when I was working on an app. The initial publish process takes forever. The update process through Apple was much simpler and that used to be a successful attack vector.

Since you rarely get feedback from updates, it's hard to say if Google was as vulnerable, but I've heard that the update scheme is still a thing. Publish a legit app then push malicious updates.

[–] Fingerthief@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, thanks for the info!

I wasn't aware of the update process being used as an attack vector (if it's still a thing) gonna have to read up more on that.

[–] manimeg@r.nf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !vimusic@r.nf

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