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Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software Are Banned by Google Code placed in consumer-facing apps is tied to U.S. national-security contractors, documents show Google has banned dozens of apps from its Google Play store for using hidden data-harvesting software that documents link to U.S. national-security contractors.PHOTO: JUSTIN CHIN/BLOOMBERG NEWS By Byron Tau in Washington and Robert McMillan in San Francisco Apr. 6, 2022 12:06 pm ET Google has yanked dozens of apps from its Google Play store after determining that they include a software element that surreptitiously harvests data. The Panamanian company that wrote the code, Measurement Systems S. de R.L., is linked through corporate records and web registrations to a Virginia defense contractor that does cyberintelligence, network-defense and intelligence-intercept work for U.S. national-security agencies. Exc.

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