If Google really wants to pretend to care about malware, they will ban Baidu from the Google Store completely, as well as anyone who includes their libraries. Doing anything else sends the message that you can get caught spying on users over and over again without any real penalty. After all, it takes no time to whip up a new version of an app with a different name, that you can sneak the spyware into later.
That's something seeing the link you provided was less than 5 years ago. How many chances can a company get? Based on my experiences I've found the Play Store to be akin to the Wild West. Not a very thorough vetting process (esp. for security) to get an app published on there.
Baidu is well-known for Spyware (Score:4, Insightful)
for example [bangkokpost.com]
If Google really wants to pretend to care about malware, they will ban Baidu from the Google Store completely, as well as anyone who includes their libraries. Doing anything else sends the message that you can get caught spying on users over and over again without any real penalty. After all, it takes no time to whip up a new version of an app with a different name, that you can sneak the spyware into later.
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That's something seeing the link you provided was less than 5 years ago. How many chances can a company get? Based on my experiences I've found the Play Store to be akin to the Wild West. Not a very thorough vetting process (esp. for security) to get an app published on there.
In EULA - (Score:2)