Applications developed by the Chinese online market giant Pinduoduo cannot be downloaded from Google Play for the time being.
Pinduoduo’s applications track their users. SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo
According to the technology giant Google, several applications developed by the Chinese online market giant Pinduoduo contain malware. Google warns Android users who have downloaded apps. An online publication reported on the matter TechCrunch.
Pinduoduo has grown in a few per year to become one of the largest About Alibaba’s competitors. With 903 million users, Alibaba is known as the largest Chinese online market platform.
Last year, it was still possible to order tax-free products up to 22 euros from Alibaba, which is also popular in Finland. Today, taxes apply to all orders over one euro.
With Pinduoduo’s applications, you can not only shop for goods, but also shop for food.
“We may not always be understood”
In recent weeks, several Chinese security researchers claimed that malware contained in Pinduoduo’s applications was tracking users. Google has responded to researchers’ warnings and blocked Pinduoduo’s apps from the Google Play app store.
– The block is for security reasons pending more detailed investigations, a Google representative Ed Fernandez stated to TechCrunch.
Pinduoduo’s representative Kong Ho stated that TechCrunch’s claims were a smear by the company. He emphasizes that several other applications have been blocked from the app store.
– We are strongly against these speculations and accusations, Ho said.
Of course, it could also be a misunderstanding. The company announces its assessment on its website as follows: “We may not always be understood, but we always do things with good intentions.”.
Pinduoduo’s applications have almost 900 million active user.