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According to Google, the increase in blocked apps is due to new “AI-powered threat detection.”

It sounds robust and likely protects from more intrusions than we actually see.

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That said, there wereplenty of security flawsandtrojansthatgot throughlast year.

We would add that you should also scrutinize the permissions apps request and reject them when possible.

Also, read reviews in the Play Store.

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