Testfoni

Despite the fact that Google maintains strict security regulations for an application to be part of its store, the Google Play Store, it is inevitable that some tools of dubious viability end up sneaking in. And we're not talking about the typical prank app, like the ones that promise us to see X-rays through bodies (even if you think otherwise, they have their uses, to have a laugh). We are talking about applications that not only do not deliver what they promise, but also, under those same promises, they try to sneak in unnecessary permissions to collect personal information.

Today we woke up, precisely, with one of those applications that make us raise our eyebrows more than normal. And it is that, right now, it is in the number 1 of popular applications and has a disastrous evaluation by the users who have been able to try it. Its name is Testfoni and it joins a long, and sad, tradition of applications that hide not-so-honest intentions. We are going to tell you which 5 applications you should not download under any circumstances, unless you want to lend your phone to personal interests that are not going to bring you any benefit.

Testfoni

More than a million downloads and 14 thousand opinions, practically all of them negative. What is hidden behind the Testfoni application? Well, this tool is advertised as a fun app that will answer thousands of questions that are thrown at you. How will you look when you grow up? What does your name really mean? Which famous person do you look like? Which of your friends loves you the most? All of them are very greedy issues to let go and the user, of course, downloads the application.Also, if it is among the most popular, it will be for a reason.

It will be this call effect that has led to the fact that Testfoni is in the highest position of popular applications. We have downloaded it and, indeed, it does nothing of what it promises. First of all, the application asks you to take a photo of yourself, because it is going to tell you how you will look in 40 years. Once the photo is taken, the 'trap' arrives: to see the result you will have to subscribe to their service which, be careful, has a price of 11 euros per month!!

Yes, they give you a 3-day trial, but you have to give your bank details and you can run the risk of forgetting to cancel the subscription and see how those 11 euros fly by magic, without you being able to nothing to remedy it. A quick internet search for the app yields revealing results: many ask how the hell to unsubscribe, at the price of gold, from this useless app.

Whats Tracker

Even if all these applications work, you should know that reading the private conversations of third parties can constitute a crime in our country. Applications like What's Tracker ensure that you can find out which contacts have visited your WhatsApp profile as well as their location. In the comments we already began to see that things are not looking good. For example, the user Kittylinda assures that "It's a big scam hahaha since the number I entered is new, nobody has it and yet he sent me the list of some of my contacts who say they have visited me and even that I visited and nothing what to see.» Others affirm that the application "is a scam, it only stays in 'validating' when I write my number and it doesn't load, I've been waiting for more than 2 hours for it to validate my number and nothing, what a scam".

For the application to work, what you have to do is give your phone number directly. We have tried to validate the application with a random number and, to our surprise, it has let us. Subsequently, we have to give permission to the application so that it can record and track our phone calls (both received and issued), access our contact list and all media files we have. When we give it all those permissions, it begins to perform the 'scan', launching a completely random result of contacts because, we must remember, the phone number that we have given is totally false. Keeping this in mind, it is in your hand to download this application and grant all those private data.

Shake to Charge Mobile Battery

There is no evidence that you will be able to charge the battery of your mobile with the power of your hand, simply by shaking it.And if this were possible, think about what you would need to download an application for. We have downloaded it to tell you what we have found in this peculiar application that you should not install on your mobile. We take the risk for you.

In principle, we have to give permission to all the data of our WiFi connection and to be able to see all the files that we have inside our devices. Then, when we want to 'activate' the application, we are informed that it needs a minimum of two hours to work. Is it the time it takes for the app to collect the personal information it needs? We uninstall it at the moment.

Solar charger

And we finished the list of scam applications with one similar to the previous one that promised to load the terminal with the movement of the hand. Does does your phone have mini solar panels to receive the sun and increase its energy capacity? What's more, we must avoid leaving the phone in the sun, because high temperatures do nothing but reduce the useful life of our batteries.

It doesn't matter if you name one or the other, no application that promises to charge your phone with the sun will work. In the life. And the permissions that we have to grant for it to work… That said, stay away from this type of apps.