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Google Play apps with 2.5M installs load ads when screen's off

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Aug. 7, 2023, 3:50 p.m. | Bill Toulas

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The Google Play store was infiltrated by 43 Android applications with 2.5 million installs that secretly displayed advertisements while a phone's screen was off, running down a device's battery. [...]

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