Does Google need to lock down the Google Play store?

by None

Disturbing reports about fake Android apps are nothing new, but the latest one involves an app called Virus Shield. It sold for $3.99 and promised to improve the security of Android devices. Unfortunately, as Android Police discovered, it actually did nothing at all except to fleece users of their hard earned money. The app has since been pulled from the Google Play store, but the damange has already been done.

All of this has got me wondering if it’s time for Google to consider locking down the Google Play store.

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6 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 8, 2014