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Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by 27182818284 on Saturday November 04, 2017 @08:20PM (#15627521)
>they can save me from a typo in the web search, but can't in the Play store.

Besides machine intervention, this seems like a company the size of Google could easily help (if not solve) while creating a lot of good will by hiring a few at-home workers to better flag or check in on certain applications. Off the top of my head, this wouldn't require a ton of training and you could even provide burner-like phones for folks to download the apps to and play a bit on.

Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by notatoad on Saturday November 04, 2017 @09:06PM (#15627656)
It could easily be hooked it into their existing opinion rewards program. Every time a new app is published on the play store or the name of an existing app is changed, just ask a half-dozen real verified humans if it matches the name of an app they've heard of before. I'd be happy to do it once a week or so for ten cents of play store credit.