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Apple Dumps Popular Mac App For Shady Practices
- BuzzFeed, Friday, September 7, 2018 11:26 PM
Apple just removed a popular Mac app called Adware Doctor, which some researchers say was collecting users’ browsing history without their consent. “The data is then zipped in a file called ‘history.zip’ and sent to a server based in China via ‘adscan.yelabapp.com,’” BuzzFeed reports. “Adware Doctor, which costs $5, was the top paid app in the "Utilities" category, and the fifth top paid app overall.”
