Google banned over 2200000 apps from Play Store
According to Google, in 2023 it stopped 2.28 million applications that broke its policies from being released on the Play Store.
Additionally, 333,000 malicious accounts were removed from the Play Store by the business due to repeated serious policy violations and verified malware, both of which were started by scammers and criminal organizations.
Highlights:
- Google stopped 2.28 million policy-breaking apps in 2023 and removed 333,000 malicious accounts from the Play Store.
- Over 200,000 app submissions were rejected or adjusted to ensure proper use of sensitive permissions.
- Google enhanced security with real-time code scanning, identifying over 5 million harmful off-Play apps, and now requires apps to allow users to delete their accounts and data.
The tech giant rejected or remediated over 200,000 app submissions to make sure crucial rights like SMS access and background location were used appropriately.
Google stated in its security-focused blog post, "To promote user privacy at scale, we worked with SDK providers to limit private information access and sharing, improving the security posture for over 31 SDKs affecting over 790,000 apps."
Additionally, the firm stated that it enhanced Google Play safeguard's security features with real-time code-level scanning to thwart newly discovered harmful applications in order to better safeguard users who install apps outside of the Play Store.
According to Google, "our machine learning algorithms and security safeguards learn from every app that is submitted to Google for review. We also examine thousands of signals and compare app behavior."
The business claims that this new feature has already identified more than 5 million brand-new, harmful off-Play applications, protecting Android users all around the world.
The internet giant went on to say that applications that allow users to create accounts now have to include a way for users to delete their accounts and data both online and within the app. This is to offer consumers more control over their personal data.
