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> Can I assume Google Play apps are "safe", at least from this type of vulnerabilities? Looking at the crap that is on the play store, I wouldn't count on it.
by VMG 10y ago
> Can I assume Google Play apps are "safe", at least from this type of vulnerabilities?
Looking at the crap that is on the play store, I wouldn't count on it.
- chickenbane 10y ago"crap" aside, users of the Play store (as well as Apple's App Store) are overwhelmingly safe. Google now has Android Security Annual reports [0]. From that you can see that if you only use the Play Store (no sideloading), only 0.15% of devices got a potentially harmful app. On top of Play Store's security features, if there were a malicious app that began causing trouble, Google has other mechanisms to shut down PHAs. As this vulnerability shows there are issues that are outside AOSP, Android has been shoring up more defenses in depth. [0] https://security.googleblog.com/2016/04/android-security-2015-annual-report.html https://security.googleblog.com/2016/04/android-security-201...
- benologist 10y agoOverwhelmingly safe in the sense that tons of popular apps impede and undermine your security and privacy, especially easily if you're never getting updated to Marshmallow. https://www.engadget.com/2016/03/19/ftc-issues-warning-to-apps-covertly-monitoring-tv-broadcasts/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/03/19/ftc-issues-warning-to-ap...
- ams6110 10y agoI only install very very mainstream apps from major well known authors on my phone. Mostly only from Google but a few others such as Firefox, Netflix, SoundCloud.