It ’s no secret that Android apps can get a little shifty , but having the exemption to research that is part of what makes Android great . Now Google is helping you stay even safe by keeping a constant optic on whether or not any of your apps aredoing anything they should n’t be .
This security - disposed move started a while ago when Google introduce its “ Verify Apps ” functionality , which validate apps ’ condom aright when you instal them , either from the manoeuvre Store or elsewhere . Now the scope of that undertaking is enlarge . Verify Apps will turn back back in now and then , even after apps have been installed , just to see if they ’re still behaving .
Verify Apps only verification for a few specific flavors of peril , like apps that are trying to rootle your telephone , or send premium texts , or steal your data . Plain old scams like false computer virus scanners that do nothing or apps that are hiding bitcoin miners do n’t count as the kind of threats Google is attend for . But when it comes to the kinds of danger it is try out , Verify Apps is more powerful than ever ; where the quondam version would block initiation of some bad boy , the new one will sometimes go so far as to delete the for you and let you know after the fact . If that seems a small extreme , it is . But fortunately Verify Apps is still totally optional .
So if you see a seemingly random security pop - up on your Android earpiece that looks something like this , it ’s legit .
Your Android phone is develop a little safe . The only price you pay is knowing that Google ’s look out you just a liiiiittle snatch closer . [ Android Blog ]
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