What types of apps you should avoid part 1?

Google Play is a great place for new develpers who want to make their own apps. But, unfortunately, not all of them have the best intentions: some programs can collect the data from your phone, share your personal information, and even steal money from your bank account.

№ 1. Weather apps
Weather apps became extremely popular at first, but it was discovered that there were a lot of viruses in them. For example, there was a case when a weather app had an in-built trojan that collected the data from the owner's phone and sent it to the attackers. For the most part, they were interested in credit card data.

The popularity of weather apps is declining now. It's much easier and faster to check weather forecasts through a browser.

№ 2. Social media
These apps also became very popular and then lost popularity very quickly. In this case, hackers have nothing to do with them, it's just that the apps take a lot of energy and kill the battery so the smartphone itself starts lagging. For example, many Facebook users find the mobile version in the browser much easier to use than the official app.

№ 3. Optimizers
Clean Master, and other optimizers like that take care of clearing your cache and deleting unnecessary programs. However, most modern phones have this function in their system already which makes these apps useless. They also make the battery life shorter. You won't make the system faster, you will only slow it down and get ads as a "bonus."

№ 4. Built-in browsers
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Built-in browsers are often installed on the phone system "out of the box" and they are mostly slow and not very popular. In most cases, built-in browsers are opened when you click a link. Unlike, for example, Google Chrome, these programs don't have any protection from data interception and they slow down the system performance.