Finding the source and researching the root of news behind 40 Million Android users whose privacy is at risk. This is an alert message for the android smartphone and tablet owner which have been placed on the high alert for draining the bank account, the involvement found on the app.
The android users are pretty accustomed to warnings from security researchers even google can take the best effort to check the application involvement in ransomware or any other into the Play Store.
After the report of the researcher which has a large audience and many android users are evolved in this called SnapTube. This app is basically used to download videos from youtube and Facebook. It was also mentioned that this app is downloaded more than 40 Millions times
This app is totally free to download but it can cost you more than that.
According to the new report of Upstream Systems that the user of a snap tube installed on their smartphone could find himself paying deadly. That is the simple download app quietly signs up users for the premium services without their knowledge.
The above practice is known as “freeware” which means the developer abused the ability for the apps to begin charging users a subscription fee after a trial to test the service.
Google allows third-party developers to charge the credit and debit card which can be saved with your google accounts for some of the most popular services like NetFlix.
The vast majority of users usually uninstall an app when they are not interested or remove the subscription. You might forget that you have even signed up for the trial subscription for the applications and you don’t remove that part and instead remove the application from your phone. When you download a snap tube then it is asking for a premium package and you just go and fill all the details for trial and download the video and after that uninstall the application.
It was estimated that a total of $100 Million has been earned by the snap tube through this fraud method.
When this issue comes to light then the developer of the snap tube said that we are unaware of this issue and they will fix this as soon as possible. And they claim that unwanted charges have been deducted by the third party application.
If you have downloaded the snap tube and see some unusual changes with you account then delete the application and be safe from fraud
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