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Google removes fake Signal and Telegram apps hosted on Play (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Before linking an account, be sure the app you're using is legit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Apple's app submission process is definitely very involved and rigorous, sometimes to the point of absurdity, but that's just the rules they have. We can talk about it all day another time, but I would certainly be impressed if straight up fake malware garbage got uploaded the same way that Google allows it to go on