2.28 Million Apps Blocked From The Google Play Store

[Bambino]

And that's just in 2023!

Google Says it Blocked 2.28 Million Apps from Google Play Store - SecurityWeek

[pgn]

I wonder if that means that any app on the list, if installed on a phone, gets flagged or otherwise removed also...? 

[Pipstop78]

Wow that's a lot of apps that have been removed I wonder if they had damaged the phone with virus in them 

[Oxonian]

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@pgn wrote:

I wonder if that means that any app on the list, if installed on a phone, gets flagged or otherwise removed also...? 

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@pgn 

Please see :-

App removed from Google Play Store - Google Play Help

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/12246761?hl=en-GB

My app has been removed from Google Play - Play Console Help

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2477981?

In particular :-

If your app has been removed or suspended from Google Play, its users may receive a push notification from Google Play Protect informing them of this change and giving them the option to remove the app from their device. Users will also have the option to keep the app.

[Oxonian]

On a slightly different note but still related to security, it seems that data might never be truly deleted by Apple :-

iOS 17.5 is allegedly resurfacing pictures that were deleted years ago for some users - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/15/ios-17-5-deleted-photos-app-bug/

Scary iOS 17.5 bug has some users concerned about picture privacy on iPhone | Laptop Mag

https://www.laptopmag.com/phones/iphone/scary-ios-175-bug-raises-serious-concerns-about-picture-priv...