Motorola’s Smart Feed App Hijacks Shopping Links for Affiliate Earnings
Motorola devices with the preinstalled Smart Feed bloatware are reported to hijack shopping app links (e.g., Amazon), inserting affiliate codes and routing purchases through unknown parties. The behavior was confirmed via user logs and network traffic, with destinations like devicenative.com and kira-abboud.com linking to affiliate schemes. Motorola users can disable Smart Feed via Settings > Apps > Smart Feed > Disable. The root cause appears to be the Smart Feed software itself, not necessarily Motorola-wide intent, and a formal response from Motorola is anticipated.
