Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Do not be silly, do not download iMessage for Android - ALT1040

arrival of iMessage for Android through an unofficial application to be considered for what it is: a threat to the safety of the end user if the download does more to put in risk their personal data and even bank details. do not recommend downloading this app .

iMessage for android
By Eduardo Marin

September 24, 2013, 19:07

One of the main features of Android , as mentioned some experts, is the “open” platform and permissive. The problem is, that if this represents an advantage in terms of customization of device or to exploit the potential for overclocking processor, the style of a PC, which brings permissive security problems. Especially if Google Play does not have good security to avoid malware, or simply the data theft through applications such as currently being produced by iMessage promising application for Android.

exclusive messaging platform Apple devices , called iMessage , at no time pointed to escape this exclusive and open to other platforms, and BlackBerry Messenger promises made during “the coming days”. An anonymous developer says via iMessage Chat , your application has access to iMessage on Android devices, completely circumventing security protocols Apple and opening the platform messaging to new frontiers.

Good news, right? No . Simply download iMessage for Android is the dumbest thing anyone can do .

misleading and malicious application sends data across servers China , totally mysterious and really not clear how it works. What it does require is that the user provide their data AppleID , ie the email and password you used the account for Apple devices and services.

class=”alignright”> This class of applications is more a risk than anything else to the user This lends to scam . A AppleID is always linked to a credit card, cloud data, photographs, location and more information that Apple stores for years safely on their servers (although most are deleted periodically, but that’s another topic), by what to give your confidential data to a developer ghost in China, but do not compromise your security, shamelessly.

tell this person: “Here, here’s my credit card and personal data, do what you want with them as they let me use iMessage on my Android to send text messages to friends who have iPhone”.

In fact, explain some developers who analyzed thoroughly iMessage Chat APK file, the application deceives Apple authentication servers into thinking that the Android device is a Mac Mini . They have discovered that the application has the ability to install software in the background . I mean, you can install another application or program without being aware of it, and not even required to have root permissions to do so. This is very dangerous .

We have more common sense and care with this kind of thing. User data, something that may seem as simple as an email and password, is one of the security measures used today to protect our information, our personal files or even in many cases: our money.

We can not be offering the facility to violate our security to anyone, regardless of the consequences that this will have. iMessage Chat for Android is a malicious application, a scam that violates third-party security protocols with who knows what purpose. This is not the “good intentions” of a developer, there is something fishy here.

The best thing to do is avoid at all costs downloading, and so protect your safety. Furthermore, the same applies to any other application of unknown origin. For your security.

Update : Google has withdrawn the application iMessage chat Google Play Store, but it should never have come.

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