Apps to stay away from
SophosLabs has published a list of ”fleeceware” apps. Apps that try to trick you into buying expensive subscriptions of low-value features. Put them on your ”Apps I'm not going to buy” list.
”Many of these apps charge subscription rates like $30 per month or $9 per week after a 3- or 7-day trial period. If someone kept paying that subscription for a year, it would cost $360 or $468, respectively. For an app.
Like we have seen before, most of these fleeceware apps are image editors, horoscope/fortune telling/palm readers, QR code/barcode scanners, and face filter apps for adding silly tweaks to selfies.”
Fleeceware Apps
Aging seer – Faceapp,Horoscope
Astro Time & Daily Horoscope
Astroline astrology, horoscope
Avatar Creator – Cartoon Emoji
Banuba: Face Filters & Effects
Celeb Twin – Who you look like
CIAO – Live Video Chat
Crazy Helium Funny Face Editor
Curiosity Lab-Fun Encyclopedia
Face Aging Scan-AI Age Camera
Face Reader – Horoscope Secret
Face Reading – Horoscope 2020
Forecast Master 2019
Fortunescope: Palm Reader 2019
Horoscope Secret
iMoji – Cartoon Avatar Emojis
Life Insight-Palm & Animal Face
Life Palmistry – AI Palm & Tag
Lucky Life – Future Seer
Max Volume Booster
mSpy Lite Phone Family Tracker
My Replica – Celebrity Like Me
Palmistry Decoder
Picsjoy-Cartoon Effect Editor
QR Code Reader – Scanner
QR Code Reader & Barcode PRO
Quick Art: 1-Tap Photo Editor
Seer App:Face, Horoscope, Palm
Selfie Art – Photo Editor
Video Recorder / Reaction
WonderKey-Cartoon Avatar Maker
Zodiac Master Plus – Palm Scan
For more information about each of the apps, open the link below.
Best regards, Niklas 🎈
Good high-lighting! There are many opinions that you don't need to care for security when you are on Apple devices, that security is only to be considered on Android phones.
Nice tip! 👍
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So far, I think the security issues on iOS and iPadOS has been more of the kind bordering to fraud and unethical, rather than bugs in the system. That said, you should never assume you are safe because then you get extra vulnerable. “We must, and we will, remain vigilant at home and abroad.” 😉
Best regards, Niklas 🎈
I think there has been a couple of issues where an evil iMessage sent to an iPhone could possibly brick the phone (1). It is important to be security-aware, no matter if it is bugs in the system or fraud or unethical attacks.