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> CamScanner was actually a legitimate app, with no malicious intensions whatsoever, for quite some time. It used ads for monetization and even allowed in-app purchases. However, at some point, that changed, and recent versions of the app shipped with an advertising library containing a malicious module.

IMO, this is more a legal matter than a technical one.

Google needs to sue this company, not engage in a whack-a-mole game with their AI algorithm and useless scanner.




That's a little presumptuous - isn't it likely that CamScanner was somehow compromised? This could happen in the source code or in the build and release pipeline.


...or they just included some [pupular ad library] that has gone bad, and noone checked.


Then it is a police matter...


Yeah, we can't just remove the app and think that would fix the issue.

Otherwise this is bound to happen again.




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