TECHNOLOGYMay 26 · 03:56 UTCHACKER NEWSCider9986

Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes

Motorola phones have been found to hijack the Amazon app by inserting affiliate codes without user consent, raising privacy and ethical concerns. The behavior was reported by 9to5google and discussed on Hacker News with 18 points and 5 comments.

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