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A Habr analysis claims that RuStore — VK's app store preinstalled on all Android phones sold in Russia — logs the device's location every few minutes via GPS and cell towers, tracks every app users open and for how long, and can silently install new software. Yikes.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1046710/Published at
2026-06-12 11:36:11 UTCEvent JSON
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