Hackers are using a fake Android app named ‘SafeChat’ to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones.
The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of “Coverlm,” which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.
I won’t be sideloading anything onto my device that I can’t build myself from opensource and understand what it’s doing.
The risk is too damn high otherwise.
This is just good practice. You don’t have to trust anyone’s word that what you’re installing is what they say it is when you can trust your own eyes.