Fake Android GPS Apps Plaguing Play Store Just Put Ads Over Google Maps

guest · Jan 18, 2019

Fake Android GPS Apps Plaguing Play Store Just Put Ads Over Google Maps
January 18, 2019
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/...ay-store-just-put-ads-on-over-google-maps.htm

Shady Apps
As reported by Bleeping Computer [...] They describe themselves as fully functional, but as mentioned earlier, they simply play ads and run Google Maps or use the product's API to show users' location on the screen.

Purpose of these apps is ad revenue (easy money). They don't have any Navigation technology or know-how, they only misuse Google Maps. Once user clicks on Drive, Navigate, Route, My Location or other option, Google Maps app is opened. I reported it month ago.
— Lukas Stefanko (@LukasStefanko) January 17, 2019
He also mentions that these apps violate the licensing terms of the Maps platform. On top of that, they request for device permissions that a GPS app doesn't normally ask for.

Needless to say, these Android apps have no other purpose but to generate ad revenue, abusing Google Maps in the process.
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