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by 542458 1841 days ago
Yes, but also no. Right in that AN0M wasn’t secure. Wrong in that it wasn’t insecure because it didn’t disable Google services, or use secure updates or whatever - it was insecure because it just deliberately sent everything to the Feds.
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It also phones home to a logging service. Why would an app like that keep logs.
Well, this analysis specifically points out that the app is making connections to suspicious places where it shouldn't need to.