The “dangerous” permissions highlighted by that report include location tracking, access to cameras, contacts and the phone itself. Google’s enhanced protection doesn’t clamp down as widely as that, but focuses on financial exploits that require user credentials and one-time passcodes.

Google says that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."

While Google’s Epic loss will require Android to open up to more than Play Store, Google said it can’t be a monopoly since Apple exists.