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Sick of Targeted Ads in the Play Store? Heres How to Opt Out

Google knows more about us than weâ d like to admit. From our YouTube binges to the apps we obsess over, it's all tracked to serve up ads that supposedly match our tastes. But if youâ re anything like ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Some apps generating fake ad views, slowing down phones, new study says

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The I-Team has an alert about apps that could drain battery or put personal information at risk. An app can look like an innocent emoji maker, QR scanner or storage cleaner. But ...
Forbes

Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Check Your Phone Now

Coming just 24-hours after Google’s latest warning that Android is under attack, a new report has uncovered an “extensive and sophisticated ad fraud scheme” that has amassed more than 56 million ...
Bleeping Computer

Google nukes 224 Android malware apps behind massive ad fraud campaign

A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed "SlopAds" was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. The ad fraud campaign was ...