Are the apps on the Android Market checked or audited?
If I search Google for "hardening Android", the best hit I can find is Google Android Hardening Checklist.
What's your opinion regarding this? Is there a way to make Android safer or more secure?
Answer
Google added a new security layer to the Android market in February 2012.
Adding a new layer to Android security
Today we’re revealing a service we’ve developed, codenamed Bouncer, which provides automated scanning of Android Market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience of Android Market or requiring developers to go through an application approval process.
For further information read here: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2012/02/android-and-security.html
Android 4.2 has added extra security with a setting that allows Google's security scanner to (optionally) scan all of your non-Market (ie side-loaded) apps for malware too.
The feature is an extension of the security technology Google introduced for the Play Store this past February. While that technology worked exclusively on the server side, analyzing apps that were uploaded to the Play Store, the new system works with your device and scans any apps you install from third-party sources (a process known as "sideloading").
(ComputerWorld: Inside Android 4.2's powerful new security system)
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