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Re:Belgian ISP under 250 Gbps DDoS for days on end by mvanbaak on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:34PM (#28579067)
Unpopular opinion and will get downvoted:

This is why the appstores do reviews etc. these kind of things dont happen because of that

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Re:Belgian ISP under 250 Gbps DDoS for days on end by Arnt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:10AM (#28583104)
Getting this kind of behaviour past review is simple, and malevolent apps do happen.

Google has a clever technique for detecting them (after review) and it's good, but slow. It has a decent chance of detecting the app after a few attacks, and works by analysing which apps were installed on phones just before a factory reinstall.

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Re:Belgian ISP under 250 Gbps DDoS for days on end by sumedh on Sunday September 19, 2021 @12:28AM (#28581699)
Sure, the official App store can do that but that does not mean the user should not have the option to side load apps.
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Re:Belgian ISP under 250 Gbps DDoS for days on end by Groxx on Saturday September 18, 2021 @05:24PM (#28579451)
... except that they most definitely do still happen in spite of that.

But yes, they do tend to mean less obviously-just-malware apps.

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