Google signals support for app store age verification law

Google Slams Meta for Backing Utah's App Store Age-Verification Bill
Google says Meta is offloading its responsibility to keep kids safe by backing a Utah bill that puts the onus on app stores to verify users' ages. It's urging the governor to veto it.
Google Says App Store Age Verifications Rules Let Platforms Offload Child Safety Onus
Google has slammed age verification rules for app stores, saying that it offloads online platforms like Meta's child safety responsibility.
Google follows through with killing off Play Store app sharing; here's what to use instead
Google has made good on its warning that the Play Store would be removing the ability to share apps with other users.
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Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says
Meta has spent more than a year advocating for new laws requiring app stores to give parents control over kids’ app downloads, and just saw an early victory in the states. But Google charges that it’s really just a misguided effort to “offload” Meta’s own responsibility to keep kids safe.
Google signals support for app store age verification law with changes
Google is pushing back against other major technology companies’ efforts to put the responsibility of age verification on the app stores, arguing the onus is on both the stores and developers to boost children’s safety.
North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store
A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the Google Play app store and were ...
Google Play Store gets a smarter way to handle sideloading third-party apps
Google is taking the stress out of sideloading apps on Android phones with a new feature rolling out to Google Play Store.
Watch out for North Korean spyware apps on the Google Play store
Android users should be careful what they download from the Google Play store, as security researchers recently found a ...
Google finally pulled the plug on Play Store app sharing
Back in 2021, Google introduced the app-sharing feature that tied into Quick Share, making it a breeze to shoot apps directly ...
Xiaomi to preinstall PhonePe’s app store on smartphones sold in India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Thursday that its Android smartphones sold in India will come preinstalled with ...
Researchers spotted North Korean spyware on the Google Play Store.
One of the malicious apps masqueraded as a file manager and had more than 10 downloads, according to the cybersecurity firm Lookout. The app contained Android spyware called KoSpy, which Lookout ...
Google removed a useful but little-known Play Store feature
You once could share apps directly from the Google Play Store, but the Store's most recent update canned this feature.
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North Korea's ScarCruft Deploys KoSpy Malware, Spying on Android Users via Fake Utility Apps
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as ScarCruft is said to have been behind a never-before-seen Android surveillance ...