Security quotes of the week [LWN.net]

Security quotes of the week

Posted Mar 23, 2018 20:13 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566)
In reply to: Security quotes of the week by excors
Parent article: Security quotes of the week

So it just detects apps that are potentially harmful to Google's bottom line. Makes sense, they'd have to remove 90% of the Play Store if it was coded to act in users' best interests.

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Security quotes of the week

Posted Mar 23, 2018 20:55 UTC (Fri) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link] (1 responses)

I don't think that's a fair characterization...Here's a list of harmful behaviors it attempts to detect.

Security quotes of the week

Posted Mar 23, 2018 21:14 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

Missing from that list (and what the Play Store is infamous for) is counterfeit software used mainly as an AdWords/IAP vector. This is consistent with how they allow their other services (like ContentID and DoubleClick) to be abused to harm users: as long as it's Google-Branded Evil, you can have as much of it as you want.