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Scott Younker

Google blocked over 2.5 million suspicious Android apps from the Play Store last year

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In 2024 Google claims that it blocked just over 2.3 million potentially risky Android apps from the Play Store mostly due to policy violations that would make them dangerous for Android users.

In a blog post, the Google Security team also reported that it banned 158,000 developer accounts who attempted to publish harmful apps, generally ones that were probably malware or spyware.

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