Google removed 813 "creepware" apps from Play Store, found by academics using an algorithm called CreepRank on data from millions of devices via Norton's app (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Google removed 813 “creepware” apps from Play Store, found by academics using an algorithm called CreepRank on data from millions of devices via Norton's app  —  The applications were discovered with a new algorithm called CreepRank, developed by a team of academics.



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