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I’m sure the MacPaw team has a lot on their plate right now, but as governments worldwide get increasingly aggressive about user data, I hope to see this feature expand. Before making a decision, they use information from different sources, ask security experts, and contact the app developer whenever possible and reasonable. The CleanMyMac X team does its best to avoid bringing safe apps to the suspicious list.
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Of course, deciding what apps are safe and what apps are not is essential.
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Consequently, apps made or hosted in Russia and Belarus put your data at risk of government inspection at a minimum. Legislation in Russia allows government and affiliated companies to access private information stored on servers in Russia without user consent or a court decision. MacPaw, the Ukrainian company I wrote about a few weeks ago, has announced an update to their CleanMyMac X app with a new Suspicious Apps category to identify quickly, review and remove apps originating from Russia and Belarus to protect users from potential cyberthreats.
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