Google bans ads that offer to spy or monitor users without their authorisation 

In its latest policy update, Google has banned vertisements for any product or service that tracks or monitors users without ir authorisation.  rule will apply to spyware and techlogy that is used for tracking intimate partners, monitors texts, calls or browsing history.

It also applies to GPS trackers that allow users to spy on people without ir kwledge and surveillance tools like audio recorders, cameras, etc. Basically, any techlogy or device that is marketed for ir spying ability. However, s for private services and products used by parents to monitor ir under children will t be banned under ‘Enabling Dishonest Behaviour policy’. Google will enforce its new policy from August 11.

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This policy came after a 2018 study conducted on “ecosystem of intimate partner surveillance spyware” which found that thousands of Google s appeared while searching terms related to intentions of spying on someone. Some of se s included - How to catch a cheating spouse with this cell phone, Track My Wife’s Phone, Want to Spy on your Wife? among ors. Google started restricting s that appeared for se s of search terms.

company spokesperson said in a statement that y routinely update ir langu to eliminate policy violation. spyware techlogy for partner surveillance has always been against Google’s policies concerning dishonest behaviour, he ded.

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Google Bans 25 more apps from Play Store

tech giant Google h banned 50 apps from its Play Store last month due to possible security concerns and an overlo of vertisements that affected Android users. Some of banned applications include im and video editing applications, wallpaper applications, flashlight applications, gaming applications, and file manrs. Here’s a list of 25 Android applications that have been banned from Google Play Store:

Banned Apps

1. Super Wallpapers Flashlight
2. Penatef        
3. Wallpaper Level
4. Contour level wallpaper
5. Iplayer & iwallpaper
6. Video maker
7. Color Wallpapers
8. Pedometer
9. Powerful Flashlight
10. Super Bright Flashlight
11. Super Flashlight
12. Solitaire
13. Accurate scanning of QR code
14. Classic card game
15. Junk file cleaning
16. Syntic Z
17. File Manr
18. Composite Z
19. Screenshot capture
20. Daily Horoscope Wallpapers
21. Wuxia Reer
22. Plus Wear
23. Anime Live Wallpaper
24. iHealth step counter
25. Com.tyapp.fiction

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(Im credits: AP)