Some of the banned apps include Muslim prayer apps that were downloaded more than 10 million times, a barcode scanning app and a highway speed trap detection app and others.
Google has banned dozens of apps on Play Store that were secretly harvesting users’ phone numbers and other important data. Some of the banned apps include Muslim prayer apps that were downloaded more than 10 million times, a barcode scanning app and a highway speed trap detection app and others. The QR code scanning app was found to include a data-scraping code. As per the Wall Street Journal report, the apps that are now banned from Google Play Store were found to be collecting precise location information, email and phone numbers, nearby devices and passwords.
