because they were collecting and sending out private information. Like app sending out web browser history inside a password-protected ZIP to a Trend Micro domain:
Source: twitter
So apple is caring about privacy?? Good PR anyway…#security
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That’s weird, usually, TM has a pretty decent record from what I understand.
Update [September 10, 19:13]: Trend Micro released less than an hour ago a statement denying that its apps were stealing user data. The company says that an initial investigation confirms that Dr Cleaner, Dr Cleaner Pro, Dr. Antivirus, Dr. Unarchiver, Dr. Battery, and Duplicate Finder collected browser snapshots, but the behavior was disclosed in the EULAs of each product.
“This was a one-time data collection, done for security purposes (to analyze whether a user had recently encountered adware or other threats, and thus to improve the product & service),” Trend Micro explains, adding that the data was uploaded to a server in the US on Amazon Web Services, not in China.
More faux outrage from Apple? The company that captures geolocation data when you use Spotlight search?
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