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Originally Posted by ectoplasm
It's not a question of user upload, it's a question of the site itself. That site would be a great target for a hacker. We have no idea who runs it or what their security measures are, there is no comment system for user feedback, yet we install binaries from them without question. A hacker could inject code into each APK and no one would know.
I don't want to keep going on about this, it's off topic of the thread for one thing, but I think some people are not suspicious enough. A lot of money is made from malware, and almost all of it comes from people clicking something that they shouldn't.
And you can get creepy stuff on your devices straight from the manufacturer. This story has been breaking in the last few days:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...logging-video/ |
Please refer to Post # 48.