Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update

Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by kevingadd on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:20AM (#26064749)

Yeah, be careful doing anything like that on the Play Store. You can get your account randomly locked out with no explanation (I haven't been able to review apps, leave comments or contact the developer for like 3 years, and I never got an email or notice about this)

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by consp on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:23AM (#26064798)

If you have a gsuite account, that might be the reason. This started somewhere in 2018.

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by mmahemoff on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:38AM (#26065027)

I have the same problem - paying Google customer, so I'm not allowed to leave ratings or reviews on Google's app store. Support's ignored my requests on this.

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by jtbayly on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:51AM (#26065216)

Wait... why?! I can't think of a single reason Google would do this.

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by kevingadd on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:25AM (#26064822)

Oh, that explains it! Mystery solved, thanks :-)

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