This Giant Ad Fraud Scheme Drained Users' Batteries And Data By Running Hidden Video Ads In Android Apps

A scheme to stealthily run video ads behind banner images drained users' batteries and data while they used popular Android apps.

Julien's app is one of several, including many using Twitter's MoPub ad platform, that saw its in-app ads hijacked in an ad fraud scheme uncovered by fraud detection firm Protected Media. The company’s findings, along with additional reporting and interviews by BuzzFeed News, and independent verification from an outside ad fraud lab, show that one of the players implicated in this scheme is Aniview, an Israeli company with offices in New York that runs a video ad technology platform.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/in-banner-video-ad-fraud

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#banner #video #ad #fraud #playstore #android #apps

Aurora Store

Aurora Store is an UnOfficial FOSS client to Google's Play Store, with an elegant design, using Aurora you can download apps,
update existing apps, search for apps, get details about in-app trackers and much more.

You can also Spoof your Device Information, Language and Region to get access to the apps that are not yet available
or restricted in your Country|Device.

Aurora Store does not require Google's Proprietary Framework (Spyware ?) to operate, it works perfectly fine with
or without GooglePlayService or MicroG. Thereby avoding the various concerned *userdata & privacy issues.

📖 Readme
https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/blob/master/README.md

🗣 Telegram Group:
t.me/AuroraSupport

📡 Releases Channel:
t.me/AuroraOfficial

XDA:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/galaxy-playstore-alternative-t3739733

4PDA
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=887569


⬇️ Downloads:
- Join the telegram group for the most recent alpha and beta builds

F-Droid
https://f-droid.org/app/com.aurora.store

XDA Labs
https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.aurora.store

Nightly builds
(Not recomended for daily use)
http://auroraoss.com/Nightly


🌍 How to use GeoSpoof to download apps that are not available in your region
https://telegra.ph/Aurora-Store-GeoSpoof-08-13

📝 Translations:
https://poeditor.com/join/project/54swaCpFXJ

⌨️ Source Code:
https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore


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#aurora #store #playstore #alternative #yalp