Do not take these risks.
Google’s mission to secure Android continues, narrowing the gap in the iPhone. But it can never succeed at less and until user behavior change. This is the striking update of Google’s update this week, and it must be taken seriously.
Google Said that last year, his “detection of threats fueled by AI and other security measures prevented 2.36 million policies’ violation applications from being published on Google Play”. Even so, we saw repeated cases of these raped defenses. In only the last month, Google deleted hundreds of dangerous and malicious applications after the safety researchers discovered that they had devices infected with advertising software or malware.
But as bad as it is, it is nothing compared to downloads and installations from the Play Store exterior. “On the other hand,” warns Google, “our most recent analysis has found more than 50 times more Android malware from Internet-Sideloaded sources (such as browsers and messaging applications) than on Google Play.” The company does its best with the expansion of gaming protection on all applications regardless of source, and the introduction by Android 15 of the detection of live threats, but that will only work.
Just after Google’s publication of its update, another warning was issued because Android phones proved to be infected with malicious software via malicious messaging applications and loaded to Later. According to SophosThe “Pjobrat can steal SMS messages, telephone contacts, information and information, documents and multimedia files on infected Android devices.”
There are still mixed messages from Google on breeding. Yes, there are repeated warnings, but there are also updates such as the new option to take a Play Protect break, which are a message as an easier way to locate it lateral. My advice is much clearer – do not spend the applications unless you are absolutely certain of the legitimacy and safety of the application and its source, and only if it is not available in an official store.
For Google, the key load is an iPhone marquee differentializer, a more libertarian perspective reflecting the original Android values. But the world has changed. Samsung, the first Android OEM, goes further than Google and restricts the relocation to the devices to a much greater measure. It is now by default maximum restrictions on phones and makes it increasingly difficult to replace these defenses.
Ironically, the repression of Android on the key load comes while Apple is forced – step by step – to open the iPhone to these same types of risks. Apple was unambiguous with his own warnings. “The placement of direct downloads and third-party application stores,” he says, “would paralyze the confidentiality and security protections that have made the iPhone so secure and expose users to serious security risks.”
Take these warnings seriously. For almost all users, the key relay is an unnecessary risk that you should not take with your device, your security identification information and your data. Not with your phone now the key that unlocks almost all aspects of your life.
