Mudit Mohilay reports that Google has removed SmeshApp from the Play Store.
The app was reportedly being used by Pakistani intelligence agencies to spy upon Indian Army personnel.
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On the surface, SmeshApp appeared like your regular, run-of-the-mill IM app and is quite similar to WhatsApp and Telegram. However, once the app was installed — and granted all sorts of permission by the user at the time of installation — it began transmitting all type of data, including photos, location data, messaging data, e-mail, browsing data, etc, to a distant server. The server in this case was based in Germany and was being operated by a Pakistani.
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