{"id":993,"date":"2026-05-28T05:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=993"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:11:05","slug":"motorola-device-native-amazon-affiliate-hijack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=993","title":{"rendered":"Motorola says affiliate hijacking of Amazon app was \u2018unintended\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Motorola says that recently discovered behavior, which saw some of its phones sending users to an affiliate tracking website before opening the Amazon app, was \u201cunintended\u201d and has been \u201cpromptly corrected.\u201d The company didn\u2019t explain how the error was introduced in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cRecently, Motorola acted quickly to resolve an issue that was identified, which caused some users in the US launching the Amazon Shopping app\u202fto\u202fbe routed through a web tracking link before opening the app. This behavior was unintended and resulted in an inconsistent user experience,\u201d Allison Yi, Motorola\u2019s executive director of product management, told <em>The Verge<\/em> in a statement. \u201cUpon\u202fidentifying the issue, we promptly corrected the routing configuration. Users can now expect all installed apps to launch directly as intended.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/937227\/motorola-might-be-pulling-a-honey-with-the-amazon-app\">unusual situation<\/a> was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/05\/25\/motorola-amazon-app-hijacking-behavior\/\"><em>9to5Google<\/em><\/a> after it was spotted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Android\/comments\/1tno2z3\/motorolas_preinstalled_smart_feed_app_hijacks\/\">Reddit user<\/a>. On opening the Amazon app, the phone would first briefly open the phone\u2019s browser before returning to Amazon. Strangest of all, users were sent to a website that appears to be linked to fashion influencer Kira Abboud, though it isn\u2019t actually referenced on any of her other pages. That split-second visit was enough to install a tracking cookie however, which in turn added an affiliate code to the user\u2019s shopping session \u2014 though, again, not one that matches any of Abboud\u2019s other content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The code wouldn\u2019t make any direct difference to the end user, but could theoretically allow whoever installed it to receive a small percentage of any purchase that was made. <em>The Verge<\/em> uses similar Amazon affiliate links for some of our shopping content, though always with a disclaimer, rather than installed covertly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Yi blamed the redirect on \u201can app search and suggestion experience for the Moto App Launcher\u201d codeveloped with Device Native. It was Device Native\u2019s website that Reddit user Trypocopris noticed was being queried by the phone behind the scenes before users were sent to kira-abboud.com. The company says <a href=\"https:\/\/devicenative.com\/\">on its website<\/a> that it delivers \u201cpersonalized, on-device mobile ad serving without sharing user data.\u201d Amusingly, until yesterday Device Native had a public page listing the documentation for its Motorola integration. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.devicenative.com\/moto-integration\/\">That page<\/a> has now been taken offline, though not before the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260526042018\/https:\/\/docs.devicenative.com\/moto-integration\/\">Internet Archive made a copy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Motorola did not comment on how the \u201cissue\u201d was introduced, or whether Device Native was to blame, but did reiterate its commitment to user privacy. \u201cMotorola takes user experience, privacy, and platform integrity seriously and will continue to closely monitor the system to ensure expected behavior across devices,\u201d Yi said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/938249\/motorola-device-native-amazon-affiliate-hijack\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorola says that recently discovered behavior, which saw some of its phones sending users to an affiliate tracking website before opening the Amazon app, was \u201cunintended\u201d and has been \u201cpromptly corrected.\u201d The company didn\u2019t explain how the error was introduced in the first place. \u201cRecently, Motorola acted quickly to resolve an issue that was identified, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,57,32,134,423,46,118,34],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-android","tag-gadgets","tag-google","tag-mobile","tag-motorola","tag-news","tag-phones","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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