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Google’s new Play Store warning.<\/p>\n
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Google continually deletes apps from Play Store. It has an ongoing program to purge the Android marketplace of high-risk and low quality downloads. Android users are warned when a dangerous app is on their phones, but not when an app is removed. Now for the first time, Google will confirm when a Play Store app is deleted.<\/p>\n
Forbes\u2018Blue Bubbles\u2019\u2014Apple Says iPhone Messaging Is Still \u2018Best\u2019By Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n This change is a major security boost for Android. When an app is deleted from Play Store, while it doesn\u2019t automatically uninstall on your phone, it does stop receiving updates. That means no more features, but it also means no more security fixes. If there\u2019s a risk while the app is still on your phone, you are exposed.<\/p>\n \u201cPlay Store currently only alerts users via Play Protect for serious security threats, Android Authority<\/a>, reports. But an update has been found in pre-release code, \u201cinforming users that there will be no future updates for the app on the Play Store.\u201d<\/p>\n The actual warning is likely to list each deleted app, telling users \u201cit was removed from Google Play and will no longer receive updates.\u201d We don\u2019t know if there will be an easy deletion option included, but let\u2019s hope and assume so. Given the threat from apps that no receive fixes, it\u2019s important to remove these from your phone.<\/p>\n In its latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Verizon<\/a> says that \u201cfor the first time in 19 years,” stolen credentials have been surpassed as the most dangerous point of entry into a device. The biggest threat now is vulnerability exploitation, exacerbated with AI. An unpatched app is very exploitable.<\/p>\n ForbesFBI Warns Microsoft Users\u2014New Attack Gains Access To AccountsBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n