The Binance application for Android records conversations

Twitter users have expressed concern about the Binance Android app containing spyware. This became clear afterThe report states that the TikTok social video platform contains spyware created by the Chinese government.

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According to the user @ShitcoinSherpa, whichAllowed to correct the certificate of the publisher, the permissions requested by Binance in its application for Android, include access to the camera and the possibility of recording sound.

The key safety officer for Binance was to:

&#171;The camera is used during the passageKYC procedures. The code developed inside the Binance application definitely does not use a microphone. We have a third party SDK that requests this permission. This is again used during the KYC process. Third party supplier - Megvii. The option is used during KYC to scan ID. We are now trying to determine whether we can get rid of this function. However, it is possible that Megvii uses background noise to detect fraud. We will provide details when we receive a response from Megvii&#187;.

Ho vigilant user @ShitcoinSherpa this answer does not fully configure:

&#171;I'm not saying this is *spyware*, butThe requested permissions are not needed to run the exchange application. Permission to access the camera and audio are also in no way related to trading. Previous versions were marked as malicious. Regardless of whether there were false positives or not (as with ESET), these versions included unnecessary access levels.

A worker working in a laboratory of a foreignThe program and who wished to become anonymous, noticed that “the application is not a little more than a solution, than necessary. However, this is not an obligatory undertaking of acceptable activity; users simply do not need to give permission. "

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