[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.

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[Link] Google countersues Epic Games for lost Play Store money

Read: 17/10/2021 arstechnica.com

Epic Games keeps piling up lawsuits with app store owners. This time, Google is countersuing Epic for breach of contract. Epic signed contracts with both Google and Apple, pledging to use the default payment systems for in-app purchases.

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[Link] Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua

Read: 30/7/2021 www.theregister.com

Google's pending Play Store policy changes are bringing various privacy improvements – but also include a security enhancement and disclosure requirement that deserve mention. First, there's a specific ban on the deceptive use of interpreted languages like JavaScript, Python, and Lua.

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