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.

Epic's lawsuit against Google resulted in a final ruling that would require Google to open up its Play Store to third-party app store competitors, but

A federal judge has ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition.