![]() ![]() I wondered at first if they might have ripped off the real app’s code since it’s open source, but no. But they’re all completely different from the real app. The copycats are all the same as each other, only the package name changes. I downloaded half a dozen of these copycats and started reverse-engineering them. Below is the real app’s icon on the left, and the fake app on the right. ![]() Interestingly, the fake apps have a slightly different icon from the real app. (Hat tip to whose tweet was the first I saw of it). As of this writing, the copycat has a dozen listings on the Play Store, all with little variations in the name. As happens with successful and interesting apps, somebody made impostor copies of the Guardian Project’s Haven app, which got a lot of press due in part to Edward Snowden’s involvement.
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