The United States and its leading Western allies, known as the “Five Eyes,” reportedly planned to hack into smartphones through their links to Google and Samsung’s app stores.
They wanted to infect apps with spyware and find ways to send misinformation to targets, according to documents released to the media by National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The intelligence agencies also apparently began targeting the mobile browser UC Browser in late 2011, after discovering it leaked revealing details about its users.
I'm not sure that Spy agencies can do that. Even now, most of the modern tracking apps that are being sold bypass Google and Apple app stores. That's why the only ones who can compromise the security of Apple store and Google Play are Apple and Google themselves.
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Spy Agencies Planned to Corrupt Google Play
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 22, 2015 07:30 AMThe United States and its leading Western allies, known as the “Five Eyes,” reportedly planned to hack into smartphones through their links to Google and Samsung’s app stores.
They wanted to infect apps with spyware and find ways to send misinformation to targets, according to documents released to the media by National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The intelligence agencies also apparently began targeting the mobile browser UC Browser in late 2011, after discovering it leaked revealing details about its users.