Cybersecurity
Google as Benevolent Dictator Yanks Apps With Kill Switch: Tech
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Finnish developer Janne Kytomaki said he knew something was amiss last year when he noticed dozens of best-selling applications on Google Inc.’s Android Market listing the same incorrect author.
Kytomaki ran tests, identified the mislabeled software as a fast-moving attack and published the findings online.