Dangerous Android keyboard: #flashkeyboard.Do not download.

Android is a very good smartphone but not all apps are to be downloaded on your phone. Example,this particular keyboard called #Flash #keyboard already have more than 50 million downloads but, it is a malware or virus.



Security experts have already classified the app  as #malware.

Reasons why you should not download this app:
Pentest found that the app requires unwanted access to a phone’s Bluetooth connection, geo-location feature, or Wi-Fi status which a normal keyboard app would not require. In addition, the app would ask for access to kill background processes, read SMS messages, show system overlays, or remove download notifications. Pentest says there are no reasons for a keyboard app to require these intrusive permissions.

Flash Keyboard was asking for device admin permissions, and was using these powers to take over the smartphone’s lock screen and show ads even if users opted out.

To make matter worst, Flash Keyboard secretly transfers data to secret servers situated in China and other foreign countries.  The app transmitted sensitive user data including the owner’s email address, device manufacturer, model number, IMEI and Android version to what it believes to be analytics servers in the US, Netherlands and China.

It also sends details of the currently connected Wi-Fi network and others in the proximity, the identity of the mobile network being used and GPS coordinates that are accurate to within three meters of the user.