Motorola says affiliate hijacking of Amazon app was ‘unintended’
Motorola has addressed an issue where some of its phones unintentionally redirected users to an affiliate tracking website before launching the Amazon app. The company stated that this behavior was unintended and has since been corrected. Users can now expect the Amazon app to open directly without any redirects.
- ▪Motorola confirmed that the redirect issue was unintended and has been promptly corrected.
- ▪The problem involved users being sent to a web tracking link before accessing the Amazon app.
- ▪The redirect was linked to a website associated with fashion influencer Kira Abboud, although it was not referenced on her other pages.
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