If you look at the popular operating systems for mobile devices, it is certainly Android. It is among the most popular software pieces in the world and billions of devices in the world are running on Android by the search engine giant – Google. The whopping amount of people all across the world are seen downloading one app or the other from the Play Store of Google on their Android devices. As per several statistics like Statista of 2020 there are around 110 billion Play Store downloads, which is certainly a staggering amount. But as we see Android fans keeping a close eye over the issues like security news, the experts are seen giving allergies about the risks that Play Store apps can give to the users.
You need to check this before you download any app from the Google Play Store. As per Express group in the UK, Google was seen banning ten different apps from the Play Store that were loaded with so much malware. It has the tendency of stealing money from your device. Yet, we find several such warnings coming from the security news portal called CyberNews that disclosed a story about the top apps being downloaded with all the risks from the Google Play Store without seeking the permission. The said research carried out by the group also checked the top 1020 apps for the OS that are found in the Play Store of Google as per the number of installations. With this massive sample size, one can find CyberNews coming out 36 percent of the analyzed apps that are wanted to be used in the camera of Android devices.
By enabling this permission all you can do is to invite the adverse impact on your devices that allows the attackers and trojan players to nab you and change the wind along with using your photos and even your recorded videos as per your whims and fancies. This is carried out the malicious apps that have not seen getting granted permission taking things with the right set of advantages, the reports. The report found that the third most popular app downloaded from the PlayStore calls for permission in order to make direct calls to the users found in your phone contacts.
As per CyberNews, they are yet to specify the exact names of the apps that they dropped in this category. However, they did name the categories of the apps found in the Google Play Store that are found with this issue. They tend to remain the most dangerous ones as the permissions they tend to request is bad and illegal. These apps include the category from lifestyle, communication, navigation apps and maps. Talking about their findings, CyberNews claimed that the percentage of apps asking for some dangerous permission may be few but this trend is alarming and Google should ensure safety to its users or else end up losing people. Now, the big question, how can you reduce this risk when it comes to safeguarding your privacy and avert security hiccups? Well, to answer this question the only solution you have is to avoid giving unnecessary permissions to the apps that you have downloaded or check what you are doing before allowing.