Is this our foeum official guide app?

I recognized some of my guides there . I'm not sure really, depends on what jamesyang and saltin has to say

This is definitively not an EFC related app, I would strongly advise not to install it at all and if you did already then you probably should uninstall it right away.

For one thing the permissions on this app are highly suspicious, a legitimate simple guide app like this should not need the very extensive and powerfull permissions that it is asking. Its setup suggests this is at best an ad tracker/server, for example it is set up to run in the background, it also automatically start on bootup meaning it doesn't matter if you start or use the app or not, once you install it will auto start and run in the background every time you start your phone for anything,this will drain your phone battery on a permanent basis even weeks or months after you quit playing that game!

There should be zero need for a simple guide app to do this if it was legit. At worse it could be a malicious app, the permission [Control Vibration] can be used to stop vibrations, which can alert you of premium service notifications or verification text messages before the malicious app can intercept them. Similarly [Receive data from the internet] is pretty much full internet access,it boggles the mind that such a basic app would need that kind of access.

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What to do if you recognize your own guide in this app: The staff of EFC has in no way agreed or consented to the copying of guides and so if you have not explicitly given formal permission for the reproduction of your work then this could be considered theft and you should file a complaint with the google store.
Just briefly describe that this is an unauthorized reproduction of your own work and that you did not give permission for this. Include a link to the original guide post made in EFC and a screenshot that shows the original guide date (all posts have a time stamp) so they can see the guide was published in EFC before being copied elsewhere.

Here is Google Play store complaint link: support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905

More details on this: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/11410/rogue-app-copying-guide

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Imo this app requires way too many permissions to be legit and these permissions absolutely don't look like they would serve normal guides purpose, rather it looks like it's for data mining, advertising and opening a backdoor for future code downloads.

Deleted,even if you dont have personal data on your phone it should bother you that the app auto boot and constantly runs in the background as that reduces battery life. Battery going bad is one of the main reason people have to get new (and often expensive!) phones.

Also copying without permission and credit bothers most people as that is somewhat disrespectful to the author.

ye the GCR guide app mentioned is scary... SD card permissions!






Other two potential risks: