we are waiting for the confidence that Windows Phone and iOS is a secure, mobile system, and Android need to keep this relationship from afar. Time to part with this myth.
for the second time, Google publishes a report on the state of Android security. The full report which can be found at this address – includes 40 pages, many tables of statistics and information, but it can be summarized in one sentence:
Security Android, in the end, ceased to be doubtful.
the Giant of mountain view, already from the green robot in version 5.0 is a serious approach to security, which was one of the biggest weaknesses of Android. Last year, the level of security was imposed at a higher level, which has also led to increased user awareness, because it is from her and to start talking about the security of the platform.
Google has invested in a system cameesa and event correlation system that Android detects potentially dangerous behavior. Here we are talking about systems such as Secure Browsing (which protects against unsafe web sites and daily scanning devices and over 6 billion apps installed every day, the malware and PHA identify all potentially Harmful Apps – a potentially dangerous application).
on the page is important in Google also restricted the possibility of getting PHA to users ‘ devices.
Differences compared to the situation two years ago, they are terrible. The risk of a threat installing applications from Play Store fell by 40% relative to 2014 in each category. Percentage of the install apps that can collect data about the user, was reduced from 40% to 0.08%. Spyware – from 60% to 0,02% of the installation. Hostile Downloader – from 50% to 0.01%. Increased by 50% the efficiency ratio, warnings about the potential dangers of a particular application installation. What does it mean? What users, in the end, you start to worry about security, but, at least, react to warnings.
safety Studies showed that less than 0.15 percent of Android devices, which were installed only apps from Play Store were installed PHA. Moreover, even in the case of devices where you install apps outside the Play Store was barely 0.5 percent.
Google in the report it is also reported that last year he managed to stop a lot of coordinated installation PHA born outside of the Play Store.
Android 6.0 is only the beginning of security.
with Android Marshmallow, Google has introduced several improvements: full device encryption, the need for separate permissions for the application, checked start-up, etc. In August last year also introduced a monthly security update, which fall primarily on the line of smartphones Nexus, but since it is part of the Android Open Source project, of these updates can benefit every manufacturer.
Google, however, is not resting on its laurels and continue working on improving security and stability of its platform. To this end, since June of this year Android will join Google program awarded to detection of errors related to security. Other Google products users found more than 100 errors.
Google provides all their security arrangements.
And only from manufacturers depends on if you decide to use them. Latest security Google has introduced at least Samsung in its technology to Samsung Knox, BlackBerry model, Priv. So if we complain about the level of Android security, we should keep in the back of your head that the final responsibility lies in the hands of the hardware manufacturer, who must use the supplied him using Google tools.
of Course, raising the security level in Android does not exempt us from thinking.
Security starts and ends with our behaviors. At least in most cases. If we visit suspicious web site, install APK from unknown sources and carry out własnoręcznych software modifications – we have ourselves to blame when something bad happens. Retaining, however, the main precautions we can finally sleep peacefully. Google will make sure that nothing bad happened to us and our device.
I am Pleased that the argument about the lack of security in Android is slow, we can consider done. Przegryzając through the next report page, you’ll see the obvious progress that Google has made in the last two years, and I feel calm, but I also know what to look for when choosing your next smartphone with Android OS.
Once again I recommend to see the entire report and draw your own conclusions. To me this begs another one: Google will protect us from malicious programs. But who will protect us from Google em?
this question I have no answer.
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