Be careful of android apps even the ones which has thousands of downloads

[libert19]

I was looking for image resizer app the other day and came across 'lit photo', installed it and on opening it, it asks to 'establish a vpn connection'.

For what? In first place, these apps don't even need Internet connection but guess devs also gotta feed themselves so need Internet but vpn? It sounds shady, uninstalled it.

App link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vinson.shrinker

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[mk4]

Quick note that it's better to not download an app unnecessarily. Unless you literally resize photos multiple times a day and that your default apps don't support it, probably just use web based photo editors instead.

[boyptc]

Shady if it's requiring you install another software.

This trick is keep going on and especially that there's a lot of people new to cryptocurrency. I've seen people installing too fake wallets and it never stops.

The trickery is continuing so if someone installs an app and it asks for anything so important that you're worried about, uninstall it as soon as possible.

[Renampun]

not all applications in the playstore are safe, there are even cases where applications from the AppStore are fake wallets...

I've never downloaded a photo editing app on the Playstore because I wasn't sure about it. I keep my smartphone safe from junk apps

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(report, if you can).

ok

[esref]

I prefer online sites to compress photos. I don't know how safe it is. For example, I use tinypng a lot.

[jrrsparkles]

I prefer online sites to compress photos. I don't know how safe it is. For example, I use tinypng a lot.

Its safe for your device but not for the data you uploaded there because once you uploaded something on internet then don't expect the data to bw safe, you are their product since you get the service for free.

[cabron]

So how many MBs will a photo have after resizing and shrinking?

It's actually a big problem for websites today when a photo is uploaded on other websites which have high megapixels and its size could be up to 8-12MB. If downsizing is your problem then you need a full photo manipulation software like Photoshop. If you want free there is GIMP that you can use to scale a photo.

[esref]

I prefer online sites to compress photos. I don't know how safe it is. For example, I use tinypng a lot.

Its safe for your device but not for the data you uploaded there because once you uploaded something on internet then don't expect the data to bw safe, you are their product since you get the service for free.

Yes, you're right.I already use it for public works.

[peter0425]

not all applications in the playstore are safe, there are even cases where applications from the AppStore are fake wallets...

I've never downloaded a photo editing app on the Playstore because I wasn't sure about it. I keep my smartphone safe from junk apps

...

(report, if you can).

ok

Playstore is one place that really prone in questionable applications there are even fake reviews in there.

That's why like what the above posts says, limit our download specially that we who deals in crypto because hackers now are targeting us as they knew how rampant the use of internet on our crypto investing.

[Mauser]

Oh wow that's crazy, good thing you double checked before using. I used some picture editing apps myself in the past and to be honest I never really double checked what kind of access these Apps have on my phone. I used a mobile wallet in the past for my crypto coin, that could have gotten horrible wrong. We need to be more careful with our personal data and know who is using it.

[Chato1977]

Oh wow that's crazy, good thing you double checked before using. I used some picture editing apps myself in the past and to be honest I never really double checked what kind of access these Apps have on my phone. I used a mobile wallet in the past for my crypto coin, that could have gotten horrible wrong. We need to be more careful with our personal data and know who is using it.

Never Use your personal details and apps for your other things online specially the wallets and the emails you are using personally .

have another gadget to cover those excess jobs for your own safeties.

I have different gadgets in my different activities for my own benefits and security.

[ctakep2]

Yeah, I also encountered several apps with very suspicious permission requests. Geburtstagswünsche für die Freundin, contacts, etc. for Apps that have absolutely nothing to do with that.

[Saidasun]

If you take a look at what the applications require to work on your device which is available on the app store it will show you whether they need phone call logs, camera and what ever else they can access. If the app is asking for something that it should not need then I would recommend avoiding it.

[Ucy]

Sometimes I wonder how such apps are able to sneak through App stores security check. There should be ways to automatically or even manually make sure they aren't doing things they aren't supposed to do. Besides, app developers reputation coould be taken seriously and scored the right way... the ones with bad/no reputation would need to have enough good reputation before they are allowed to be accessed by people who prefer safe apps

[ethereumhunter]

If I want to search for an app that I want to install on my mobile phone, I will search with my pc or laptop until I can get what I want. Then, I will make sure that that app is what I need to download it using my mobile phone. Before that, I will try to read about the app review to convince myself if that app is safe to install.