Google stopped more than two million malicious apps getting into the Play Store in 2023

Google stopped 2.28 million apps that violated its security policies from being downloaded from the Play Store in 2023. — AFP Relaxnews

In 2023, Google prevented 2.28 million applications violating its security rules from getting into the Play Store. In addition, almost 200,000 app submissions were rejected or amended to ensure the correct use of sensitive permissions such as access to background location data or SMS messages.

In the space of a year, 333,000 developer accounts have been deleted for serious and repeated violations of the Google Play Store's rules. Moreover, for security reasons, almost 1.5 million applications are no longer available in the Play Store for users who have updated their devices to the latest version of Android.