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Sead Fadilpašić

Over 2 million risky Android apps were blocked from the Play Store last year

In this photo illustration a Google Play logo seen displayed on a smartphone. .

  • Google says it blocked 2.36 million malicious Android apps from the Play Store in 2024
  • Hundreds of thousands of developer accounts were banned, too
  • Google says AI help was behind it blocking more apps than in previous years
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