GOOGLE DEFENDED THE PLAY STORE FROM 2.28 MILLION MALICIOUS APPS LAST YEAR

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Google's enhanced security measures helped block 2.28 million privacy-violating apps from its Play Store in 2023. The company banned 333,000 bad accounts, rejected nearly 200,000 apps using sensitive permissions, and worked with SDK providers to reduce data access and sharing, impacting over 790,000 apps and improving user privacy.