First reported by Hacker News
Motorola phones caught injecting affiliate codes into Amazon app without user consent
Motorola ends 'unintended' Amazon app affiliate hijacking on its phones
By
Ben Schoon
4d ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
Motorola has confirmed it has stopped an "unintended" behavior where its Smart Feed app was hijacking the Amazon app to inject affiliate tracking codes linked to a random fashion influencer. The issue was discovered when users opened the Amazon app via the app drawer on Motorola phones, causing the affiliate code to be injected without user consent. Motorola acknowledged the situation and ended the practice following reports from 9to5Google.
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· 3 pulledMotorola has confirmed to 9to5Google that it has ended the behavior, which it says was 'unintended.'
The bizarre situation would quickly inject the affiliate code, loosely tied to a random fashion influencer, if the user opened the Amazon app via the app drawer.
Motorola has now acknowledged the situation, also confirming that this
Following the discovery that Motorola phones were hijacking the Amazon app to inject affiliate data, Motorola has confirmed to 9to5Google...
