Google remotely removes Android apps
Google disclosed in a blog post on Thursday that it remotely removed two applications from Android phones that ran contrary to the terms of the Android Market.
A security researcher built and offered the free applications "for research purposes," wrote Rich Cannings, Android security lead, in the blog post. The application descriptions misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage downloads, he said.
The apps weren't used maliciously and didn't have permission to access private data, and because they were essentially useless, most users uninstalled them quickly, he said.
