Security of Android apps
Google released everything about their efforts to maintain the security of their Android users (personal data, etc).
It was reported recently that Google continues to step up its game in regards to the security of Android apps. In a 2016 report, they said that they improved their app approval process and developed new security tools for Android 7.0 Nougat in collaboration with handset manufacturers.
Below you can see some of the key results in statistics:
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Android Security is present on 1.4 billion devices and protects against malicious apps, system vulnerabilities, sensitive data loss and more.
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Verification Apps protect 1.4 million devices – Protecting more than 1.4 million devices, Verification Apps is making online life safer for many people.
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More than 750,000 apps are installed on over 750,000 devices – and this number is constantly growing. The number of devices infected with PHAs is also increasing.
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The installation rate of Potentially Harmful Apps (PHAs) has decreased in all top 50 countries with 735 million devices from more than 200 manufacturers receiving security updates
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Google employees who worked with the Vulnerability Reward program and reported important security vulnerabilities received nearly $1,000,000.
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If you want to read more details about security of Android apps, click here : https://developer.android.com/topic/security/best-practices.
You can also read more about protection tools , here .
Author: PC-GR
