The most read articles for 2021 on MôjAndroid.sk
The last day of the year has traditionally been a look back at the last twelve months and an evaluation of everything that happened during them. We have set aside time for such a balance today.
We’ve already looked at the most popular reviews of 2020, and now it’s time for published articles in general. Which events, news or advice were the most sought after according to the number of readings? So let’s take a look at the ranking of the most read articles on the MojAndroid.sk website for 2021.
The most read article on our website this year was the one that reported about the dangerous malware in the WhatsApp application. This dangerous virus looked like the official Huawei application and was pointed out by Lukáš Štefanko from ESET.
Other articles in which we deal with malware and dangerous applications:
The malware used an auto-response feature, which it used to redistribute itself to other devices and try to infect them in the same way. The owner of the smartphone first received a link to download the fake Huawei Mobile application, which pretends to be heading to the official Google Play store. In fact, it was a fake site that only looked like an official store.
We also addressed the topic of malware and dangerous applications in the article Beware of these Android applications. If you have them installed, you may lose money, which was among the most read. With these applications, you could lose a considerable amount of money without you noticing. They were also able to steal messages and shop for the victim’s money without her knowledge.
In March of this year, a number of users began to complain that applications such as Gmail, Google Play and banking applications were crashing. The problem was an important part of the operating system called System WebView, which is responsible for loading pages in an environment similar to Chrome and displaying them inside an open application.
The problem was in “Chrome and WebView experimental and configuration technology.” This has affected the ability of applications to display web content properly, leading to many applications failing.
The fix required the distribution of updated files for both applications, so the company released updates the next day, which fixed the bug. Google subsequently committed to implementing measures to mitigate future WebView-related application failures.
In 2021, we launched a completely new section on our website, which focuses exclusively on comparing devices and tries to help readers choose the right device. Here you will find a list of the best phones according to various criteria, the best photo cars, the best models at a certain price level and the like. You should not overlook mobile phone comparisons when deciding to buy a new device.
Meta, then still Facebook, this year experienced a several-hour outage of its services. Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp didn’t work. And not only in Slovakia, but all over the world. Not knowing why social networks didn’t work for them, people started googleing and found that it was due to a blackout that wasn’t on their side.
The companies that sell on these social networks lost part of their revenues, but Meta also lost several million revenues from its advertising in about 6 hours.
The fact that this article has become one of the most read confirms that Slovaks like to shop on bazaars. The fraudsters have been on the Bazoš.sk advertising portal since time immemorial, but this year the sack was literally torn. And they’re still inventing new and new ways to turn less tech victims for money.
In this particular article, we focused on fraudsters who pretend to be interested in the goods you offer, are from abroad and want to pay through fake payment gateways. In this way, they attract various valuable data from the victims, such as credit card numbers and the like.
At the beginning of 2021, we reported a large leak that is unprecedented. If you haven’t changed your password yet, you should do so, as yours may have escaped.
Login data from popular services such as Netflix, Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo has leaked. It is estimated that more than 200 million Gmail addresses and 450 million Yahoo addresses have leaked. Up to 70% of internet users were probably affected. It is believed that this data was collected from several leaks, creating one huge database.
It was also popular that Samsung was coming up with a brand new smart watch that would be completely dug up. And that really happened. Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 replaced the Tizen operating system with Google Play. And since payments with Google Pay for watches have also been launched in Slovakia, we can finally pay with Samsung watches.
The device came with the Wear OS 3 operating system, which is supplemented by a Samsung superstructure. By the way, Wear OS 3 does not offer any other watches yet. The nearest competition should not be updated until 2022, which gives Samsung a relatively significant advantage.
