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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-malware-apps-with-2-million-installs-spotted-on-google-play/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-malwa... > A new set of Android malware, phishing, and adware apps have infiltrated the Google Play store, tricking over two million people into installing them. https://lifehacker.com/great-now-the-apple-app-store-has-malware-too-1849386738 https://lifehacker.com/great-now-the-apple-app-store-has-mal... > Security researchers found malware in several popular App Store apps.

kccqzy 4y ago
GP said it has some layer of protection of malware, not that it has 100% protection. And yes in my own experience Google Play Protect has successfully caught malware. The goal is to provide some better-than-zero protection.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
  But is it better than going to the developer website that uses SSL and downloading directly? A consolidated app store is a single point of failure after all. Hard to say it's actually better. There's also no need to bundle the malware scanner with the app store since all it does is scan your device. You can have a malware scanner without an app store.
  - kccqzy 4y ago
    Huh you are right: I just found that Google Play Protect does support scanning apps not downloaded from the Play Store.
    - saagarjha 4y ago
      The number of things Google Play Protect can do on apps that are not from the Play Store is substantially reduced, however.
tomComb 4y ago
I don’t think he was suggesting that walled garden is perfect in this regard, but that it is much safer than bypassing it, so instances such as you list don’t really refute his point (assuming that was your intention).