Fake Whatsapp

 Fake Whatsapp

              

One of the security enthusiasts arguing the case on Reddit steered out that this was not a separate incident, even for WhatsApp. A hunt for “WhatsApp” on Google Play currently shows no fewer than seven spoof apps using insignificant variations on the developer name “WhatsApp Inc.”, including variants with extra spaces, asterisks, or commas. All of them have four-star review averages, probably thanks to the industrial-scale subversion of Play’s review policy.

This is the advanced in a long string of events in which Google has shown little importance in attempting to protect Google Play users. In prior events, security experts or unlucky users have encountered malware in endangered messaging apps, in a line of popular children’s games, and even in fake variants of Pokemon Go.

In this case, Google’s incompetent to protect WhatsApp’s intellectual property has an extra dimension WhatsApp is owned by Google’s original competitor for online advertising revenue, Facebook.