The last few years have been complicated for Android, in terms of security. After several well-known cases of the system itself fault, everything seems to have calmed down.
Google has now shown that in its annual safety report of your operating system, pointing the finger at security breaches that fall beyond its control.
According to Google, the security problems currently affecting Android are well identified and are not your responsibility. The control it exerts on its applications store has managed to keep away from your users and malicious applications seeking to steal data.
Over the past year, thanks to a daily Google effort, only 0.15 % of Android devices installed Potentially Harmful Apps (PHAs) in the Play Store. To ensure these numbers Google examines 6 billion applications daily and 400 million devices.
But the number of devices PHAs installations rise to much higher values, if taken into account stores external applications to Google. Are 0.5% Android universe of devices where these malicious applications were installed.
But more than the actual number of infected devices, Google also emphasized its continuing effort so that these situations happen. Thanks to the security measures that have applied to the Play Store the number of potential facilities decreased by 40% compared to 2014 numbers.
Security in Android
But the improvements did not come only in the Android application store. The operating system itself is more secure and more robust.
The latest version brought for example, the full and mandatory encryption, to the SD card, the new rules permissions for applications and even monthly updates security.
All of these measures presented by Google, they have allowed to Android and its users are better protected and out of trouble.
the conclusion that the biggest problems come from outside of the Google application store is obvious, yet many choose to use these sources even aware of the dangers.
Android Security 2015 Year in Review
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