Hacker News with Generative AI: Google Play

SpyLoan Android malware on Google Play installed 8M times (bleepingcomputer.com)
A new set of 15 SpyLoan apps with over 8 million installs was discovered on Google Play, targeting primarily users from South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Android Security, Malware, Mobile Apps, Google Play

6 points by romperstomper 49 days ago | 0 comments

My Google developer account was terminated and I can't open a new account (stackoverflow.com)
"Your account has been terminated under Section 8.3 or 10.3 of Google Play's Developer Distribution Agreement".

Google Accounts, Developer Accounts, Account Termination, Google Play

8 points by okanaktas 75 days ago | 3 comments

Google Play killed my game and won't tell me why (antiidlereborn.com)
Google Play has “terminated” me – Current situation

Google Play, Mobile Games, Business, App Stores

136 points by xy2_ 99 days ago | 69 comments

11M devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play (arstechnica.com)
Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery—a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app was infected with code that caused 100 million infected devices to connect to attacker-controlled servers and download secret payloads.

Cybersecurity, Android, Google Play, Malware, Botnets

5 points by hassanahmad 116 days ago | 0 comments

Organic Maps rejected from Google Play: non-complied to Families Program policy (github.com/organicmaps)
Expected Store Submission: TBD Expected Full Rollout to TBD Release Manager: TBD

Android, Google Play, Mapping Software, Open Source

19 points by edward 129 days ago | 0 comments

I lost my Google Play dev account (reddit.com)

Android Development, Google Play, Developer Accounts

199 points by BeefySwain 148 days ago | 90 comments

Google Play rejecting app update without substantive reason (github.com/syncthing)

Google Play, Android Development

74 points by proactivesvcs 191 days ago | 21 comments