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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 ma

by 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.