Android has gotten a lot safer in 2017, according to Google

We keep hearing about new, increasingly more dangerous strains of Android malware, but how safe from abuse and malware is Google's mobile operating system, really? 

If you ask Google, it's improved by leaps and bounds in that regard last year, primarily thanks to Google Play Protect. 

According to Google's yearly overview of Android security, published on Thursday, there were significantly less potentially harmful applications (PHAs) installed on Android devices in 2017 than in 2016, both from Google Play and elsewhere.   Read more...