Warning: App Cloner sells access to your internet connection through proxyware services
Warning: App Cloner sells access to your internet connection through proxyware services
admin 2 days agoBack when Amazon began blocking piracy apps on Fire TV devices, an app called App Cloner emerged that allowed people to continue using some of the blocked apps by cloning them.
Back when Amazon began blocking piracy apps on Fire TV devices, an app called App Cloner emerged that allowed people to continue using some of the blocked apps by cloning them. Amazon eventually pulled App Cloner from the Amazon Appstore, but it remains available to sideload directly from the developer’s website. Reddit user chipsilver has now discovered that App Cloner sells access to your residential internet connection through proxyware services.
Chipsilver used AI to trace suspicious network activity to App Cloner and is unsure of their findings, but I can confirm that they’ve correctly identified proxyware in App Cloner. I installed the latest version of the app from App Cloner’s website and monitored the app’s network activity. Once launched, the app makes connections to Traffic Monetizer, Massive, and Pawns.app, which all pay app developers for access to their users’ internet connections.
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Back when Amazon began blocking piracy apps on Fire TV devices, an app called App Cloner emerged that allowed people to continue using some of the blocked apps by cloning them. Amazon eventually pulled App Cloner from the Amazon Appstore, but it remains available to sideload directly from the developer’s website. Reddit user chipsilver has now discovered that App Cloner sells access to your residential internet connection through proxyware services.
Chipsilver used AI to trace suspicious network activity to App Cloner and is unsure of their findings, but I can confirm that they’ve correctly identified proxyware in App Cloner. I installed the latest version of the app from App Cloner’s website and monitored the app’s network activity. Once launched, the app makes connections to Traffic Monetizer, Massive, and Pawns.app, which all pay app developers for access to their users’ internet connections.
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