Google is working to improve the integrity of the Play Store by adding new restrictions.
Google is working to improve the integrity of the Play Store by adding new restrictions and protections to developer accounts. Google Play Store developers will soon have to verify their email address, phone number and provide additional details, such as a physical address, in an effort to increase security and ensure that accounts are created by “real people.”
Developers should also use two-step verification. The search giant says it’s making the changes “to keep Google Play safe and secure and to better serve our developer community,” and to “ensure that every account is created by a real person with real contact information.”
The record reports:
That the announcement coincides with the emergence of a cottage industry of merchants that will create large numbers of developer accounts that others can use to upload malware and other scammy apps to the Play Store.
A screenshot of a cybercrime forum post published by The record shows that these accounts sell for $89 each. “To keep Google Play safe and secure and to better serve our developer community”
