Some of the information the feature had access to was the phone’s IMEI, SIM serial number, SD card information, Bluetooth addresses, and more. Both could download code from outside of the Play Store, an aspect of their design that directly violates Google’s policies.Īdditionally, a previous version of the app included a component that collected and sent various sensitive data to MobTech, an SDK developer based in mainland China.
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One of the more suspicious aspects of the app is that it can install any application on the user’s device through either a self-update feature or a dedicated installer provided by China’s Weibo social media giant. Based on publicly available Play Store metrics, the DJI Go 4 app has at least 1 million installs and as many as 5 million. DJI is one of the world’s largest and most successful commercial drone manufacturers.
After reverse-engineering the DJI Go 4 app, security firms Synacktiv and Grimm found that the software at best violates Google’s Play Store policies, and at worst, could have been used to spy on the company’s users. One of the most popular drone apps on the Google Play Store includes some worrying backend features, according to two independent reports caught by Ars Technica.
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