apps and gmail security question

bwolmarans

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Sep 8, 2008
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If someone writes an app and intends to steal google passwords, and puts it on the app store, and people download it, can they get all those people's google passwords?

For example I see several gmail notifier apps. When asking to install it, the phone notifies me that it has access to my gmail password. So what's to stop a thief from creating an app and stealing passwords this way?

Yes I posted this in the general android forums but got no responses, so rather than bumping it there I thought I'd try here.
 
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