Google Working on Anti 213c4c Phishing Scanning for Deceptive Apps, May Arrive With Android 15: Report

Google is reportedly working on scanning for and detecting phishing apps on your Android smartphone. 4ah8

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 13 December 2023 14:54 IST

Google Working on Anti-Phishing Scanning for Deceptive Apps, May Arrive With Android 15: Report

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Google's phishing detection mechanism is expected to arrive with a future Android update

Highlights

Google is working on new features to protect privacy and security
An feature will protect Android s from phishing apps
Android will reportedly scan apps for deceptive behaviour locally

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Android with several security and privacy-oriented features over the years and the search giant is reportedly working on adding for identifying phishing apps to protect s. Expected to arrive with a future update to the Android operating system, Google is developing a feature that will inspect app activity to check for deceptive behaviour, including phishing. The phishing app detection service will reportedly run locally on Android phones, while some detection-related details will be used to alert other s about the same threats.

Android Police Android 14 QPR2 beta version that was recently rolled out to testers. The publication uncovered details of the feature in the More security & privacy sub menu in the Security & privacy section of the Settings app.

According to the report, Google will introduce a system service that will scan apps that show s a field — while many legitimate apps also prompt s to enter their , phishing scams are designed to trick s into typing their on a deceptive website or app. However, it is unclear at the moment whether the system will scan all apps for phishing, or just unknown apps.

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Another feature that was recently spotted in the works on the second Android 14 QPR2 beta version was a new 'Private Space' feature that can hide apps from other s. In addition to providing a safe space for s to be able to hide and lock their apps and files, the feature might even let s hide the fact that they are utilising the locking functionality by making them type "private space" in the search bar on the app drawer.

While Secure Folder feature since 2017, the addition of the Private Space feature to Android would allow all Android OEMs to provide the same functionality. Google's feature, bringing the feature to billions of Android devices.

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