The smartphone maker has claimed that it has removed millions of fake fraudulent apps from Appstore.
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The tech giant Apple has revealed that the actions taken against its fraud apps and the actions taken by developers on the App Store has saved users $ 1.5 billion in 2020. Along with this, the company has removed about one million risky new apps from its system last year, to prevent people from stealing money.
In 2020, nearly a million problematic new apps and an additional 1 million app updates were removed due to several reasons. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that in 2020, around 95,000 apps were removed from the App Store for fraud violations.
Apple stated, “When such apps are detected, they are immediately dismissed or removed from the store and developers are informed of the 14-day appeal process before their accounts are permanently terminated.” is.”
In 2020, the Apple App Review team assisted more than 180,000 new developers in launching the app. The team rejected more than 48,000 apps for hidden or unspecified features and more than 150,000 apps because they were spam. , Were trying to manipulate shopping like copycat or misleading users. The company said, “One common reason for rejecting apps is that they simply ask for too much user data, or that they collect data incorrectly.”
In 2020, the App Review team rejected over 215,000 apps due to privacy violations. Apple believes that privacy is a fundamental right and is the main reason for the commitment that users make to the App Store. Apple admitted, “Even with these stringent review security measures, with 1.8 million apps on the App Store, problems still surface. “
Apple said it relies on a sophisticated system that combines machine ratings, artificial intelligence and human reviews to moderate these ratings and reviews to help maintain accuracy and trust.
Since 2020, Apple has processed more than 1 billion ratings and over 100 million reviews, and more than 250 million ratings and reviews have been removed for not meeting moderation standards.
The company stated that, “Sometimes, developer accounts are created solely for fraudulent purposes. If the developer’s violation is serious or repeated, the culprit is expelled from the Apple developer program and their account is terminated. “
The company said, “In the last month, Apple blocked more than 3.2 million instances illegally distributed through the Apple Developer Enterprise Program.”
In 2020 alone, Apple deactivated 244 million customer accounts due to fraud and abusive activity. In addition, 424 million attempted account creation was rejected as they exhibited patterns consistent with fraud and abusive activity.
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