Fullstack and Progressive Web Apps in Rust: A Tale of a Sudoku Spyware

It all started when I had to accompany my mom to the hospital. It was just a routine checkup, but I had to wait for a few hours. I brought my laptop with me, since they have good WiFi and I could work on my projects. Then I realized that my mom was playing a Sudoku1 game on her phone. I couln’t help but notice that the game was full of ads and it was asking for a lot of permissions, like location and sensor data....

January 30, 2024 · 11 min · Jose Storopoli