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Title: Motorola comments on the debacle surrounding hijacked shopping apps
Post by: Redaktion on May 28, 2026, 11:01:00
Motorola smartphones have smuggled affiliate links into shopping apps in order to earn money every time a user orders something on Amazon, for example. Motorola has now commented on this incident and claims to have fixed the problem with an update.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Motorola-comments-on-the-debacle-surrounding-hijacked-shopping-apps.1308600.0.html
Title: Re: Motorola comments on the debacle surrounding hijacked shopping apps
Post by: anan on May 28, 2026, 16:44:42
Previous article mentioned that the affiliate link belonged to some influencer. It could be that a motorola employee or a subcontractor with access to the code created this scheme.