Do You Really Need a Third-Party Android Security App? | Linux Today

Do You Really Need a Third-Party Android Security App?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 3, 2013

If you want to keep your Android smartphone safe, you’ll have to take charge of its security. This means that you’ll either have to tinker with the phone’s security settings — or let a third-party app handle it for you.

Third-party Android security apps are powerful, easy to use and often free. Yet, according to a just-released report by Moscow’s Kaspersky Lab, only about 40 percent of Android device owners use these apps.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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