WSJ News Exclusive | Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software Are Banned by Google

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Google has banned dozens of apps from its Google Play store for using hidden software that surreptitiously harvests data

Google has yanked dozens of apps from its Google Play store after determining that they include a software element that surreptitiously harvests data.

The Panamanian company that wrote the code, Measurement Systems S. de R.L., is linked through corporate records and web registrations to a Virginia defense contractor that does cyberintelligence, network-defense and intelligence-intercept work for U.S. national-security agencies.

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