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I can't find sources to this one sided article nor can I find anything recent when searching for it

• jeroenhd 1y ago
  The change itself isn't recent: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/02/piloting-new-ways-to-protect-Android-users-from%20financial-fraud.html https://security.googleblog.com/2024/02/piloting-new-ways-to... A few months ago they improved their security somewhat by not letting you disable Play Protect while on the phone: https://9to5google.com/2025/01/29/google-play-protect-calls/ https://9to5google.com/2025/01/29/google-play-protect-calls/ You also can't turn off Play Protect if you've enabled Advanced Protection on your account (which also enforces a range of other security measures) but that's fully opt-in and hasn't even been availble to the wide public for all that long.