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Google Play Removes Iran’s AC19 App

reporter 1222 — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:34:03 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – As part of measures to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country, the Iranian government released an Android app named AC19 intended to help people self-diagnose rather than going to a hospital, but that app was booted from Google Play Store recently, a report said.

The AC19 app on Google Play Store “tries to reach a clinical decision by asking a few medical questions,” its description says.

According to a report carried by ZDNet, Google pulled it from its app store this week over claims “that it could detect COVID-19 infections, something that is impossible through an app.”

The app, which is still available through the web, initially faced concerns that it was as a means of “spying on people”. But a malware researcher ZDNet worked with, Lukas Stefanko, examined the app and found nothing to indicate it was spying on people.

“The app is not a malicious Trojan or spyware,” he said. Though it asks for permissions, he said those permissions are nothing beyond what you would grant any other health-based app.

The answer for the move by Google appears to be more simple than that: Iranian developer accounts aren’t allowed on Google Play, according to public terms of service statements from Google.

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“Iran’s News Agencies” at Iranian bookstores

reporter 1222 — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:45:45 +0000

TEHRAN – “Iran’s News Agencies”, co-written by journalists Reza Moqadasi and Farshad Mehdipur, has been published in Tehran.

Published by the Media Studies and Planning Office, an affiliate of the Press Affairs Department of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the book reviews the history, diplomacy and the role of news agencies in Iran.

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Google Play Store May Soon Be Available in Iran

reporter 1222 — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 07:56:08 +0000

TEHRAN – Google has added more countries, including Iran to the Google Play Developer Console, a report said.

The countries of Iran, China, Cuba, Macau, Myanmar, and Sudan, which could not previously access the Google Play Store, or could not access paid services, will soon be able to use the Google Play Store, XDA-Developers reported on Saturday.

The list of countries which can access the Google Play Store has also been updated in their support section.

Overall, this expansion by Google would be a good thing. In these countries, there obviously is a desire for APKs and unofficial application market stores, which can be incredibly unsafe and offer apps injected with adware or malware. With the launch of the Google Play Store in these locations, users should be safer with an official market to download applications from.

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