In the developer event called Playtime, Google is always one of the main representatives with Play Store applications. In this event, new tools and good practices are sought for greater user safety.
This time the Google team has presented a series of new tools for developers, new features for the Play Store and even a security reward program. Here are the most interesting news
Security Reward Program
Google has always been concerned about vulnerabilities in Chrome and Chrome OS. That is why he designed a reward program with which to reward detections as security flaws, found by the community.
Yesterday the Android operating system was the protagonist, as Google presented its new Google Play security rewards program aimed at encouraging security investigations in different applications.
As he has officially reported on his blog, they will work in collaboration with the independent error reward platform, HackerOne. At the moment this platform will be enabled for a small number of developers. In the event that any of them find any vulnerability, you must send a report according to the rewards program and if you are correct you will receive your monetary reward.
This reward will vary depending on each of the vulnerabilities found. A good idea from Google, since Google Play has always been criticized for security issues.
New button in Instant Apps
Other novelties presented by Google for Play Store, is the inclusion of a new button in the applications "test now" with which to access and test the applications in advance without having to install.
At the moment the list of Apps that have this service is quite small. Among them we can see Skyscanner or BuzzFedd. From now on, many more will be included in this new service.
Source: Google Security
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