Cenk Uygur
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Porn App Caught Blackmailing Users
Posted
September 14, 2015
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September 14, 2015
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5:05Now PlayingA so-caled porn app is blackmailing its users. It's referred to as Adult Player and it's nothing something you can find through conventional app stores. You can actually find it online and you download it through your regular computer.
John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. Do you think this app could trick you? Let us know in the comments
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A new app has a dirty little secret: Click on its porn icon and get blackmailed.
The Android app has been tricking thousands of phone users into thinking they are about to watch X-rated videos when, in fact, they are having their pictures secretly snapped by hackers.
The malicious app, Adult Player, then locks users’ phones and threatens to post their photos and smut-seeking activity online unless they cough up $500.
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