Google
already scans apps in the Play Store to make sure they aren't malicious, but now it's going to make that more visible by showing that your phone's apps have recently been scanned when you're in the Store.
Not exact matches
Scanning your email for content cues isn't a new thing for Google, their search
app has
already been on the lookout for details regarding flight information and hotel reservations.
There are many smartphone
apps that read barcodes; you can even
scan the barcode right from your computer screen — if the book is
already for sale it should show you comparative prices.
Yen Press has
already contacted Apple to ask that the
app be taken down until all Yen titles are removed, but since the developer claims not to be affiliated with the site the
scans are taken from, it's difficult to see how this could be enforced.
Many smartphone owners have
already installed free
apps on their phones to
scan QR codes.
There are actually a number of groups like OpenLabel, GoodGuide and Buycott that are
already exploring the world of
apps that allow consumers to
scan bar codes to find out what's in / behind the labels of the products they buy.
The
app is currently in beta, and while more products and companies will be added, many products from Fortune 250 companies can
already be
scanned and their political spending compared.
While we don't recommend disabling the feature (since it
already built in and the «Find My Device» features are useful), we do recommend downloading another antivirus
app to supplement malware
scanning.
They'll just sit in the background and waste processor cycles to
scan all the
apps you install, even though Google is
already scanning them automatically via Play Services.
Google Chrome for Android now includes the same Google Safe Browsing feature used on Chrome for desktop, so Chrome itself is
already scanning incoming traffic and warning you before you access potentially dangerous web pages or download potentially dangerous
apps.
To start
scanning everything from receipts to recipes, you probably
already have everything you need: an Android phone and the Google Drive
app.
Google's director of product management at Android, Stephanie Saad Cuthbertson, said during the keynote that Google is
already using machine learning to
scan over a billion devices daily and more than 50 billion
apps every day to prevent the spread of malware.
The
app verification portion of this, which I should note has
already been in effect for years, routinely
scans apps to ensure that they are working and haven't been compromised, while the anti-theft component comes in the form of Google's Find My Device
app.
Google Play Protect
scans every
app you get from the Play Store, and you've probably
already installed it.
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Pebble said that its new iOS
app will automatically
scan your Pebble for watch faces
already installed to find SDK 2.0 equivalents.