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Motorola Phones Hijack Shopping Apps for Affiliate Cash

Motorola phones reportedly reroute shopping app opens through affiliate links, turning the device into a hidden commerce tollbooth.

Key takeaways

  • **Motorola’s reported affiliate-code injection signals a more aggressive kind of phone monetization: the device does not just show ads or ship with preloaded apps — it...
  • That is the core allegation in a new report from Notebookcheck, which says Motorola Smart Feed, a factory-installed hidden system app, can detect when selected sho...
  • The user may see the Amazon app open and shop normally. The checkout price may not change. But the economics behind the session can change anyway, because affiliat...
  • Motorola’s affiliate-code hijacking turns the phone into a shopping tollbooth

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