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Google Play has started identifying the 2GIS application as malicious. 2GIS says it is safe


Users began to report that Google Play began to identify the 2GIS mapping service application as malicious.

The market message states that 2GIS is “trying to gain access to personal data such as SMS, photos, audio recordings and call logs.” The service stated that this statement is not true:

These notifications are related solely to Google’s policies and are the same for all applications that are temporarily unavailable on Google Play.

— 2GIS press service

The Russian company explained that it was requesting access to the microphone and call log so that users could make search queries by voice and call organizations directly from the application. Access to SMS is needed to automatically enter a code that is sent to the user when registering in the application.

Let us remind you that Google removed the 2GIS application from its store in May 2023. (TASS)

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