Share: AFF Fake APP in the Play Store

Nichiren said:

"Some people have told me about an AFF app on the Play store. I took a look and it looks like they put a wrapper around our mobile site and packaged it into an app which is an easy thing to do. So here's the thing: I don't know who they are. If you use it, you're giving your credentials to a third party and risking your private data since they could have packaged the app with other code that do other things. What worries me is that I've looked at the reviews and there are too many people that think it's an official Asianfanfics app and I have no idea what it could be doing to your data behind the scenes if you install it and log in. If something bad were to happen, people would think that Asianfanfics is responsible so that is definitely a concern to me.

Rest assured, I'm working on getting a proper AFF app published. If you don't know about the app fundraiser, check it out on our app fundraising page and be eligible for the app founder badge. The app will be natively built for performance, have push notifications, and you won't need an internet connection to read stories. An app like that takes time and we need to raise enough from the fundraiser to get it to where it needs to be.

Just be careful installing anything that claims to be from us. I haven't published any official apps yet so it would pretty easy to tell. I don't have a wide reach on this account so let your friends know too."

my suggestion:

  1. when in your mobile phone, use AFF from your mobile browser (Google Chrome or Opera Mini, Firefox and other browser in Android is okay, too)
  2. donate what you can in the fundraising, it will help the owner and his team to make a better app (you can see the concept in above post)
  3. i already check apps page and its reviews, I can say that people are being fooled, the interface they captured and posted in the apps page are also same with the mobile site version's interface i usually open in Google Chrome on my phone (basically, the app just redirecting you to the site, which is useless because you can do it the same way you use simple browser)
  4. do share the post to your friends who also in this site

P.S the developer of the apps also make two similar apps by using same code but different sites, so please, be careful and be aware. Internet is limitless and lawless, so we are on our own here. Hope this helps you :)

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