“Android security” is often portrayed as oxymoronic. It seems there are daily headlines about the latest threat, whether it be malware like Stagefright or a bank-account stealing trojan.
Google wants to change the narrative. The company unveiled its second-annualAndroid Security Report Tuesday, and argued that a comprehensive picture of the data tells a different story: Android is largely safe, as Google and its partners aggressively monitor applications and the ecosystem as a whole with several different security protocols.
