QA at Apple would not have stopped this. I'm not surprised that people fall for this BS. Apple would have caught this just like Apple would have caught a flashlight with a SOCKS tunnel right?
If the App requests permission, wtf do you expect? I don't think Google even has an obligation to remove or crackdown on these types of apps.
every app asks for permissions, thats the problem. If I didn't use apps that had permissions which could possibly be exploited I would have barely any apps.
At the very least malicious apps need to be removed quickly, along with spam + scam apps.
If the App requests permission, wtf do you expect? I don't think Google even has an obligation to remove or crackdown on these types of apps.