SD Maid terminated from Play Store due to 'Stalkerware policy'
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The developer lost access to his 12-year-old Google account, too
  • style99@kbin.social
    61·
    1 year ago

    The developer goes into the situation in a reddit thread.

    I had got the same stalkerware policy. The problem was not the app itself but the description. In my case “friend” and “track” or “monitor” keyword can’t be used together.

    If your app description includes “monitor” or “track”, don’t include any person related keywords such as “friend”, “people”, “human”. If not, google considers your app can monitor the somebody’s activity.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/15xj0ow/dev_account_terminated_after_12_years_for/jx72w7h/

    • IdleSheep@lemdro.idEnglish
      65·
      1 year ago

      Google: Invests billions in AI language models

      Also Google: can’t understand words have different meanings

      It’s ridiculous how a well standing dev can just have an app removed with no warning or human investigation.

      • Snowplow8861@lemmus.orgEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        Stupid take to be honest, real people getting trafficked and stalked, domestic abuse victims being tracked for control by the abuser, and you think that’s fine because google has that data about you even though nobody can use it so why shouldn’t all apps be able to? Go to a women’s shelter, touch grass.

        This issue is far more nuanced. No it’s not good Google has that data on you.

        No it’s not fair that automatons caused a small developer to have their entire amount destroyed without a proper review.

        Both things can be true.