Mitron app removed from play store for violating policies
the popular Indian alternative for TikTok the Mitron app -- has been removed from Google Play store. We recommend you to stay away from all the clones of Mitron available on Google Play store, they can stole your data.
Mitron app — the popular Indian alternative for TikTok — has been removed from Google Play store on Tuesday. The app had over 5 million downloads. As of now, neither Google nor Mitron has revealed details about the removal of the application from the Play store. However, chances are strong that the app has been taken down due to the security issues that indianexpress.com and other media houses reported earlier this week and the chances are very high.
If you have the Mitron app already downloaded on your phone you will still able to use it but the best suggestion would be you shouldn't use the app as the app comes with several vulnerabilities as the media teams were reported earlier. Mitron app has been in the news for all the wrong reasons of late. The app owner Shibank Agarwal, a student of IIT Roorkee, bought the source code of the app from a Pakistani coding company Qboxus and rebranded the app as Mitron and launched in India. Before officially launching the app in India Agarwal and his team ‘t even customise the coding or change the privacy policy and other things,
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Irfan Sheikh of Qboxus from Lahore confirmed to indianexpress.com that Agarwal did reach out to the company buy the source code of TicTic and launch as Mitron in India. He also accepted the fact that “Mitron app has privacy issues because the app developer has not uploaded the privacy policy.” Sheikh, however, said that the company does not encourage their buyers to just put it out there for public use as it as it is.
Mitron app is risky to use, says cyber security expert
Satyajit Sinha, cybersecurity researcher at Counterpoint told indianexpress.com: “It’s risky to use Mitron app given it doesn’t have any additional firewall or software security on top of the source code. The privacy policy is weak and that can put user data at risk in the long run.”
If you have Mitron app installed on your phone then the best suggestion would be uninstalling the app right away and not use it. The indian express company checked the Mitron app and found there’s no way you can delete your account from the app. Users can either log out of the app or simply uninstall it. The settings menu is also missing on the app now.
The recommendation for you is to beware of all the clones of Mitron available on Google Play store. You must always check the developer first before installing an app on your smartphone.
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