✔️ 2022-04-07 03:15:00 - Paris/France.
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UGoogle usanda kuqalisa usetyenziso olungaphezulu kweshumi elinesibini kwiVenkile yePlay, kubandakanywa izicelo zomthandazo wamaSilamsi ezinokukhutshelwa okungaphezulu kwezigidi ezili-10, iskena sebhakhowudi kunye newotshi, emva kokuba abaphandi befumene ikhowudi yokuqokelela idatha eyimfihlo efihliweyo ngaphakathi kwabo. Okubi nakakhulu, ikhowudi yokufihla yayiyilwe yinkampani edityaniswe nekontraka yokukhusela yaseVirginia, eyahlawula abaphuhlisi ukuba bafake ikhowudi yayo kwii-apps zabo ukuze babe idatha yomsebenzisi.
Ngethuba lophando lwabo, abaphandi badibana neqhekeza lekhowudi eyayifakwe kwii-apps ezininzi kwaye yayisetyenziselwa ukufanisa izichazi zomntu kunye nenye idatha evela kwizixhobo. Ikhowudi, ikiti yophuhliso lwesoftware, okanye i-SDK, “ingachazwa ngokuqinisekileyo njenge-malware,” utshilo omnye umphandi.
Ubukhulu becala, ii -apps ekuthethwa ngazo zibonakala zenze imisebenzi esisiseko, ephindaphindayo, uhlobo umntu anokuthi alukhuphele aze alibale ngokukhawuleza ngalo. Nangona kunjalo, xa sele ifakwe kwifowuni yomsebenzisi, iinkqubo ezisekelwe kwi-SDK zivune amanqaku abalulekileyo edatha malunga nesixhobo kunye nabasebenzisi bayo, njengeenombolo zefowuni kunye needilesi ze-imeyile, ezityhila abaphandi.
IWall Street Journal iqale yanika ingxelo yokuba le khowudi ingaqhelekanga nehlaselayo yafunyanwa ngabaphandi ababini, uSerge Egelman noJoel Reardon, abathi bobabini baseka umbutho obizwa ngokuba yi-AppCensus, ephonononga ii-apps eziphathwayo zobumfihlo kunye nokhuseleko. Kwiposti yeblogi malunga neziphumo zabo, uReardon ubhala ukuba i-AppCensus iqale yaqhagamshelana noGoogle malunga neziphumo zabo ngo-Oktobha 2021. Nangona kunjalo, ii-apps azizange zisuswe ekugqibeleni kwi-Play Store kude kube ngo-Matshi 25 emva kophando lukaGoogle, kubika i Journal. UGoogle ukhuphe ingxelo ephendulayo: “Zonke ii-apps ezikuGoogle Play kufuneka zilandele imigaqo-nkqubo yethu, nokuba ngubani na. Xa sibona ukuba isicelo siyayophula le migaqo-nkqubo, sithatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo. »
Enye yee-apps yayiyi-QR kunye ne-barcode scanner eyathi, ukuba ikhutshiwe, iyalelwa yi-SDK ukuba iqokelele inombolo yefowuni, idilesi ye-imeyile, ulwazi lwe-IMEI, idatha ye-GPS kunye ne-SSID yomzila womsebenzisi. Enye yayiluhlelo lweeapps zomthandazo wamaSilamsi eziquka iAl Moazin kunye neQibla Compass - ezikhutshelwe malunga nezigidi ezili-10 zamatyeli-eye yeba iinombolo zefowuni, iinkcukacha zerouter kunye ne-IMEI. Iwijethi yemozulu kunye newotshi ekhutshelwe ngaphezulu kwesigidi ifunxa inani elifanayo ledatha ukuodola ikhowudi. Lilonke, ii-apps, ezinye zazo ezinokumisela iindawo zabasebenzisi, ziqokelele ngaphezulu kwe-60 yezigidi ezikhutshelweyo.
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“Ugcino-lwazi olubonisa i-imeyile yokwenyani yomntu kunye nenombolo yomnxeba kwimbali yendawo ye-GPS echanekileyo iyoyikisa kakhulu kuba inokusetyenziswa ngokulula ukwenza inkonzo ekhangela imbali yendawo yomntu ngokwazi inombolo yakhe yefowuni okanye i-imeyile, enokusetyenziswa. . ukujolisa kwiintatheli, abachasi okanye abakhuphisana nabo kwezopolitiko, ”ubhala uReardon kwibhlog yakhe.
Ngubani ke osemva kwayo yonke le nto? Ngokutsho kwabaphandi, inkampani ebhaliswe ePanama ebizwa ngokuba yiMeasurement Systems. Abaphandi babhala kwingxelo yabo ukuba iMeasurement Systems yayibhaliswe ngokwenene kwinkampani ebizwa ngokuba yiVostrom Holdings, inkampani esekwe eVirginia enamaqhina kushishino lokhuselo lwesizwe. Izivumelwano zeVostrom kunye norhulumente wobumbano ngokusebenzisa i-subsidiary ebizwa ngokuba yiPacket Forensics, ebonakala ikhethekileyo kwi-cyber intelligence kunye nokukhusela inethiwekhi kwii-arhente zobumbano, iJenali ibika.
Abaphuhlisi be-App abathetha nephephandaba babanga ukuba iiNkqubo zoLawulo zibahlawule ukuba basebenzise i-SDK yabo kwii-apps zabo, evumela inkampani ukuba "iqokelele idatha ngokufihlakeleyo" kubasebenzisi besixhobo. Abanye abaphuhlisi baqaphele ukuba inkampani ibacele ukuba basayine izivumelwano zokungachazi. Amaxwebhu ajongwe yiJenali ngokucacileyo atyhila ukuba inkampani yayifuna ngokuyintloko idatha kubasebenzisi abasekwe "kuMbindi Mpuma, uMbindi kunye neMpuma Yurophu, kunye neAsia."
Ishishini lezokhuselo libe nobudlelwane obude kunye nengxaki kunye neshishini lokuthengisa idatha, into ethile abaphandi bedatha kwi-Twitter bakhawuleza ukuyichaza emva kokupapashwa kwenqaku leJournal:
Uluhlu olupheleleyo losetyenziso oluqulathe ikhowudi ye-SDK eyoyikisayo inokufunyanwa kumbhalo weReardon kwiwebhusayithi ye-AppCensus.
SOURCE: Uphonononga Iindaba
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