Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath calls out fake reviews on Google and Apple app stores: ‘Forcibly buying ratings to…’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath calls out fake reviews on Google and Apple app stores: ‘Forcibly buying ratings to…’

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Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has cast doubt on the authenticity of app reviews on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The entrepreneur added that most of the 5-star reviews on these app stores "seem fake" and "read like AI-generated content". Calling out the fake reviews in a post on X, Kamath wrote, “I wonder how many @GoogleIndia Play Store and @Apple App Store reviews are genuine. Most of the 5-star reviews seem fake—many even read like AI-generated content.” “I'm guessing many apps are either willingly or forcibly buying ratings to rank higher in their category. Netizens react to Kamath's fake review claims: Most users on X agreed with Kamath that fake reviews exist on app stores, underscoring the need for independent research before installing the app.

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Stock market fraud: Bengaluru man loses ₹91 lakh to fake trading app; here’s what Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath has to say
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Stock market fraud: Bengaluru man loses ₹91 lakh to fake trading app; here’s what Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath has to say

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Nithin Kamath, co-founder and CEO of Zerodha, has raised concerns about a surge in cyber frauds targeting investors through fake trading apps. Addressing the growing threat, Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath, revealed that scammers have siphoned off over ₹1,100 crore in the past nine months. Kamath noted, “You are asked to install fake trading apps that look exactly like those of …

How to Avoid Downloading a Fake App
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How to Avoid Downloading a Fake App

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Inked Pixels/BigStockPhoto.com By Gabriel Wood, NextAdvisor.com Recently, a fake version of the popular social media app WhatsApp was downloaded over 1 million times from the Google Play Store before users on Reddit discovered it. While this may be one of the largest cases of hackers tricking people into downloading a fake app, it’s far from the first, and both the …

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