“Apps may be distributed on Google Play provided they comply with our developer guidelines, including the requirement to effectively moderate user-generated content and remove objectionable posts such as those that incite violence,” a Google spokesman said Wednesday. The app had previously been barred from the Google Play Store for violating Google’s guidelines for moderating user-generated content. Android users could previously access the platform through their web browser or through “side-loading” the application through the Truth Social website. The change means that the app is now available on the app store for the 44% of smartphone users in the United States who have an Android device. Nasdaq paused trading of DWAC for about five minutes Thursday morning during the jump. Shares of DWAC were up more than 18% Thursday. , the shell company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, surged after former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social social media platform was allowed on the Google Play Store Wednesday. But in the meantime, many Viber users will be unaware that a bug in the software can allow someone to unlock their phone.Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. It is rumoured that version 3.0 of the Viber app is due soon which may be a hint as to why the company hasn't updated the Google Play app. The page there still offers the un-fixed version 2.3.6.338, and it appears there are no plans to update it or to add a note to the page about the issue. Unfortunately, this out-of-band update will not be visible to users who downloaded the Viber app through Google Play.
Many users will not see the update, though.Ī page which advised users what to do to mitigate the problem has been removed from the Viber support site and a new page which directs users to an direct download for Viber 2.3.7. The company says that the update fixes the the problem disclosed last week where the Viber app's handling of replying to messages without unlocking the smartphone could be used to give an attacker full access to a locked phone. Viber, the messaging and voice over IP company, has released an update to the Viber application on Android, version 2.7.
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