Google has announced that it has taken action against "bad apps" by removing many apps and developer accounts from the Google Play platform. The tech giant is said to have used machine learning to identify bad apps and eliminate over 700,000 apps and 100,000 developers in 2017, a 70 percent jump from the preceding year.
"Despite the new and enhanced detection capabilities that led to record-high takedowns of bad apps and malicious developers, we know a few still manage to evade and trick our layers of defence. We take these extremely seriously, and will continue to innovate our capabilities to better detect and protect against abusive apps and the malicious actors behind them. We are committed to make Google Play the most trusted and safe app store in the world," said Andrew Ahn, Product Manager at Google Play.
The Android Developers Blog mentioned that 99 percent of apps with abusive contents were identified and rejected before anyone could install them.
Google, on its Android Developers Blog, states that impersonators or 'copycats' are the most common signal for removing apps from Google Play. In 2017 alone, the Mountain View giant removed as much as 250,000 apps that were caught impersonating big titles.
Google Play also does not allow any kind of inappropriate content. Inappropriate content, according to the company's definition, includes pornography, extreme violence, illegal activities, and hate. And, finally, another red flag for Google is the presence of Potentially Harmful Applications (PHAs) that can cause harm to device users. Apps involved in phishing, fraud, and Trojans are part of this list.
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