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Google’s New Android Protections Could Save You from That Fake Toll Scam
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Along with all of the other announcements today from The Android Show: I/O Edition, Google is also announcing smarter protections against call scams.
Android has a set of new in-call protections that provide an additional layer of defense that will prevent you from taking risky security actions, like disabling Google Play Protect. As well as sideloading an app for the first time, and granting accessibility permissions. Android will also automatically prompt you to stop sharing your screen at the end of the call, if you opted to screen share.
Google is also announcing better Banking App Safeguards. This is currently in a pilot, which will warn users if they launch a banking app while screen sharing during a suspicious call. This is starting with Monzo, NatWest, and Revolut.
Smarter Scam Detection in Messages is coming too, with On-Device AI being able to flag more scam types, including crypto cons, fake toll charges, tech support scams and impersonation attempts.
Google debuts new anti-theft enhancements
On top of all of this, Google is also debuting new anti-theft enhancements. These include a stronger factory reset protection, security questions for remote lock, one-time password protection on locked devices, and expanded “Identity Check” feature for more devices.
Google also mentions that Android 16 includes device-level support for Google’s most secure mode. This is aimed at high-risk users like public figures.
As we’d expect, many of these features are leveraging on-device AI. Which is great news, as it does keep user data private, since that data is not leaving your device. It will also continue to evolve and detect more and more mobile threats. Including the new toll scam that we’ve been seeing lately.
These will all start rolling out in the very near future. With some of these features coming a bit later on down the road.
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