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Google Play promised to ban cryptocurrency mining apps, but we found tons

Friday, August 17, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech Google Play promised to ban cryptocurrency mining apps, but we found tons

Google recently announced its plan to curtail the distribution of cryptocurrency mining apps on the Play Store, but it appears some are still slipping through the net. “We don’t allow apps that mine cryptocurrency on devices,” the Big G wrote in its updated developer policies last month. “We permit apps that remotely manage the mining of cryptocurrency.” But this isn’t stopping developers from pushing smartphone mining software to the Play Store anyway. Mining app JSEcoin One such example is JSEcoin, a British blockchain startup working on browser-based mining solutions as an alternative stream of avenue to advertising. Earlier this week,…

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