News Malicious Android apps are signing users up for paid subscriptions — delete these now

[admin]

These malicious apps could secretly be draining your bank account by signing you up for paid subscription services against your will.

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[Patterner]

it still boggles my mind that there is no App that just checks all installed apps and reports those that are not in the Play store anymore.

 

[anscarlett]

You should include all the apps and services that offer a free trial, but require you to set up a paid account first and automatically start charging.

App stores should identify ALL costs with a simple set of icons that highlight them, and allow the user to filter them permanently.

App stores should also allow personal labelling and filtering. Currently I have to abuse the rating system to give myself a clue as to if I previously tried an app and uninstalled it, by adding notes about my experience