GPS Spy and Tapsnake were location tracking programs, but were not malicious, developer says. Google suspended both applications from its Android Market shortly after. Developer Max Lifshin: Everything depends on user s intentions. It gives all the proper warnings and requires a set up, a conscious action, to report location, he wrote in an e-mail. The dispute arose on August 16 after Symantec Corp. published a warning on its research blog, Security Response, about a game for Android mobile phones developed by Maxicom.
Source: https://threatpost.com/google-bans-gps-spy-app-developer-cries-foul-082410/74376/