Google continues to work on securing its application platform. The American giant said on Tuesday that it had removed 98% of the applications that collect call and text data from users from the Play Store, reports Clubic .
The figure was released in a blog post titled "How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2019". Google explains that it has banned applications that kept this data without reason or used it for dishonest purposes.
A “bug bounty” launched for the Play Store
According to Google, the 2% of remaining applications that recover this personal data are the programs that need it to function. The firm also claims to have blocked 790,000 applications that violated its rules of confidentiality and respect for data before they were made available on the Play Store.
In 2019, Google committed to making its platform a safer place for users. After being affected by a lot of malware in 2018, Android has benefited from numerous cybersecurity measures and updates. In September 2019, Google even launched a bug bounty program to reward anyone who finds a flaw or a violation of its rules in apps with more than 100 million downloads.
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