A few days ago we came across an interesting application in the Android Market, which we’ve decided to detect as AndroidOS.Tapsnake. Why are we detecting this? A cursory read through the description doesn’t tell us much, other than it’s a spin on the classic “snake” video game, which dates back to the 1970s:
"Yet another modification of the Google Android Snake game. This one listens to the taps for its turn directions."
Sure enough, after downloading and registering the game it plays as you might expect it to:

However, the Android “satellite” icon appeared in the top menu bar while the game was running, indicating that GPS data was being acquired. What was...