Are CAM scanners safe?

CamScanner is one of the scanners used to scan documents. But people and companies who use CamScanner to scan important documents and documents may wonder if this scanner is safe or not. Does this scanner store the data and information that the companies send to it for scanning in order to send them to another place or not? The security of the scanner is very important and we must pay attention to this point when choosing a scanner to scan data.
In this article, we want to tell you about the security of CamScanner.

Nowadays, the use of smartphones has become much more common than before, and a large number of people all over the world have smartphones. In these phones, there are some applications that help users to do things, and users can do their work easily by using these applications. For example, it can be said that there are applications for scanning, and users can use this app, which is also installed on smartphones, to scan documents. The camera scans and presents its output as text to be displayed to the user.

CamScanner is exactly the same type of application that is used to scan documents using smartphones. But the question arises whether these types of apps are safe and can be trusted or not?

In order to know if CamScanner is safe and if you can trust CamScanner in scanning important documents or not, we must first know how CamScanner works and then we can mention its security.

What is CamScanner and how does it work?

It is worth mentioning that CamScanner is one of the scanners that was launched in 2011 for Android and iOS operating systems and platforms. Now, this app for scanning is also available for Windows and Mac platforms and operating systems and people can use it. This application for scanning has been developed in such a way that it has a web browser version and it is possible to scan documents through the web.

CamScanner is one of the applications designed and developed by a Chinese company called INTSIG Information. This app is available for free for all users and people in stores like Google Play and App Store, and people can download and install this app for their smartphone platform and the operating system easily and for free. The basic version of this application is free, but it also contains some advertisements. Like other applications, this app also has paid versions. Its paid versions have many features and facilities, and they don't have ads either. Of course, in addition to the fact that this app scanner has free basic versions and paid advanced versions, they also have a version for Business. All three of these versions have some features such as cloud storage and password protection.

CamScanner is very popular among users and has about 700 million users. A large number of people also download it from stores and install it on their smartphones or computer systems. The number of 700 million users and the daily report of downloads of this application from reputable stores indicate that this application is safe and reliable. If you are worried about whether CamScanner is safe and reliable or not, it is better to know that the number of 700 million users is not small and it is a lot. This number of users shows the reliability, safety and good design of this app.

This app has the ability to cut images automatically, scans documents easily and at high speed, converts document formats at a higher speed, and also provides users with the ability to edit easily. Of course, it is better to know that CamScanner has an interesting function and text recognition feature that can support 40 languages. In other words, in addition to being a scanner and being able to scan documents, this app can also recognize texts for the convenience of scanning and based on those texts, it can make decisions for the convenience of scanning. It can also support 40 languages for text recognition.

Security and privacy of CamScanner

In the above section, we told you how CamScanner works, in this section, we want to fully mention the security and privacy feature of this scanner app. As you know, the importance of security in an application is more important than the importance of its quality. That is, if an application is good but not safe, then it may not be noticed by users and users may not use it. Therefore, the importance of security in applications is very important for users. Unfortunately, it is also better to know that the CamScanner app has faced security problems during its years of operation. In other words, there were some security problems with this app.

In this way, in 2019, some experts in this field found malware in the Android version of CamScanner.

The malware that was found by experts in the Android version of CamScanner is Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Necro.n. As it is clear from the name of this malware, this is a malware that works to download malicious applications on the phone. That is, the attempt of this malware is to download some malicious applications and install them on the phone in order to destroy the smartphone and the device.

This means that all the people who downloaded CamScanner and installed it on their phones in 2019, their smartphones were full of malware and infected with malicious apps. This malware infection eventually led to some annoying CamScanner ads being displayed to users or a paid version of CamScanner being offered to users to install quickly.

Because this problem had arisen, CamScanner was removed from stores such as Google Play for a while and Google Play no longer offered users to install it. Finally, as a result of the efforts made by the experts of its manufacturer, the problem of Trojans and malware was solved.

This is also about the security of CamScanner, it is worth mentioning that the Indian government banned the use of CamScanner in the country in 2020. According to a report in the New York Times magazine, the Indian government said that Barry has banned the use of CamScanner in his country to increase the security of the country's information and data and to prevent cyber abuses. Of course, CamScanner was banned and the Indian government banned the use of other applications produced by Chinese companies.

The United States of America did exactly the same thing in 2021. The president at that time, who was Donald Trump, banned the use of applications and products of Chinese companies, especially CamScanner, to increase data security and prevent cyber-attacks.

Does CamScanner collect your data for spying?

It is possible that by including the above information, you may have the question of whether CamScanner collects the data and information that we give to the app for scanning or not. In order to better and more accurately answer your question, we must say that the CamScanner app claims that in order to protect the privacy and security of users' data, it complies with the CCPA, which is the California Consumer Privacy Act, and the GDPR, which is the General Data Protection Regulation. It is in Europe and complies with the LGPD, which is the general data protection law of Brazil. This is the claim of the CamScanner app. However, in some situations, it has been seen that this app collects users' data and shares them with third parties, or shows them some annoying ads for spying.

Some measures can be taken to solve this problem, but it is difficult to control it in general. For example, the amount of data that this app collects can be controlled to collect fewer data.

What is the best scanner app?

If you have the CamScanner app installed on your phone after reading the above, you may delete it and stop using it. After that, you may be looking for the best and safest scanner app to install it on your phone and use safely. Here we introduce you to the applications that are for scanning so that you can trust them easily and use them with high security.

Adobe Scan is one of the scanning applications that is very powerful and has many features. It can identify printed documents with high accuracy and then convert them into digital text. The downside is that in order to have access to more advanced features, you have to use its paid version. But using the paid version with higher security is better than using the free version with less security.
Microsoft Lens is another scanning app that can do many things. It has many features and is safe. Of course, it is better to know that it is completely free and safe.