Each year the team android security and privacy publish on these dates a summary of all improvements made to our devices over the past year and how they were achieved protect us from malicious apps.
As expected, our security is one of Google Play’s top priorities, and to prove it, they tell us how they fought against bad apps and developers in 2021.
Google against malware in 2021
To improve our security, Google has introduced several privacy-focused features, improve your protections against malicious applications and developers
In 2021, Google improved its machine learning systems and review processes. If in 2020 they prevented the publication of 962,000 malicious applications, in 2021 they blocked the release of 1.2 million malicious apps. This prevented the installation of billions of harmful installations.
The company has also intensified its efforts to fight against malicious developers and spambanning in 2021 certain 190,000 malicious accounts and closed approximately 500,000 inactive or abandoned developer accounts.
Google PlayProtect it remains the backbone of our protection, scanning billions of installed apps every day to protect us from malware and unwanted software.
In May last year, Google announced the new “Data Security” section to show users in the description tab of each application the data collected and shared by developers. This section has already started reaching users and developers have until July 20 to complete the information in said section.
To make life easier for developers, Google game console has gathered all of your application’s compliance issues in one place, including the ability to appeal a decision and track its status from this page.
Limit access to sensitive data was in 2021 the best way to guarantee the security of user data. IN 2021, 98% of apps that migrated to Android 11 or later reduced access to sensitive APIs and user data. Also in the past year, Google banned apps from collecting our data and allowed us to remove our advertising ID.
In Google Pixel mobiles, the company has added a security center to help its users protect their data, apps, Google account and passwords. This section displays the security status of the device and provides the user with recommendations to improve security.
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