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Comment by josephcsible

4 years ago

Google doesn't pay you in Bitcoin. Isn't it hard to switch pseudonyms when you need to receive real money?

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closeparen  4 years ago

I don’t think malicious apps are making their money through Play Store purchases. Probably ads and data, and maybe by taking user credit cards directly.

2cb  4 years ago

Yeah the genuinely malicious apps are unlikely to be using Google ads or other services to generate revenue.

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