Android spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China

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Android spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China — delete these apps right now
yahoo.com

Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware that quietly sends user data to servers in China.

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Is it TikTok?

You’d need to make that 1.5 billion to have the article be referring to TikTok.

Edit: but yes the article could easily be about TikTok, they hoard data just like US social medias, but are part owned by the Chinese government, so it’s even worse.