We're expanding Google Play Protect’s security capabilities with enhanced fraud protection to help keep users safe when they install apps from Internet-sideloading sources, such as web browsers, messaging apps and file managers. With enhanced fraud protection pilots successfully launched in Singapore, Thailand and Brazil, we’re excited to bring this Google Play Protect pilot to India. This initiative has already shown promising results, blocking nearly 900,000 high-risk installations in Singapore alone.
Fraud and scams cost consumers more than $1 trillion in losses globally, and it’s one of the most common forms of cyber crime that India witnesses. According to the Indi…