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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by hammock on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:47PM (#26068397)
Fake reviews are not that hard to spot. Why don't we focus on educating people on how to evaluate what they read, and making informed decisions, rather than taking information (even if misinformation) away from them? It would help with fake news as well.
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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by khamba on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:45PM (#26069159)
> Fake reviews are not that hard to spot.

This statement seems very suspect to confirmation bias. How would you get to know if what you think is genuine was actually fake? This part of feedback loop is completely missing, and hence I find your above statement hard to believe.

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by hammock on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:46AM (#26078070)
I disagree. Still you didn't answer the question
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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by tcldr on Monday February 08, 2021 @03:01PM (#26069358)
Most people don’t read many reviews though. Just the ‘most helpful’ and the review tally. Worse, the store search results pages use the review scores to rank apps too.
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