# Google Play Store apps stealing FB credentials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593 "2021-07-03T11:53:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593/1 "2021-07-03T11:53:56Z")

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Make sure that you haven’t linked any of these apps to a FB account. Unistall them if you have them. If you think your FB account may have been compromised change your password.

- PIP Photo
- Processing Photo
- Rubbish Cleaner
- Inwell Fitness
- Horoscope Daily
- App Lock Keep
- Lockit Master
- Horoscope Pi
- App Lock Manager

> **[Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users’ Facebook passwords](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-boots-google-play-apps-for-stealing-users-facebook-passwords/)**
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> Researchers uncovered 9 apps that used a sneaking method to pilfer credentials.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593/2 "2021-07-03T12:04:03Z")

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Did I miss the part where any of these are Google apps?

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593/3 "2021-07-03T12:05:13Z")

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They were in the Google play store.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593/4 "2021-07-03T12:29:41Z")

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I’ve asked the mods to change the title. I concede that it may have been unintentionally misleading, but I don’t appreciate the snarky manner in which you informed me of that.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-store-apps-stealing-fb-credentials/945593/5 "2021-07-03T13:12:06Z")

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> [@davidm](#):
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> I’ve asked the mods to change the title.

Thread title changed from Google apps to Google Play Store apps.