Any phone can be lost or stolen - it's danged sure happened to me! - and we used to need an app for that. And you can still find the good ones, including the mack daddy, Where's my Droid.
But now, you can let Google services handle it and it works like a champ.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
As for malware, I think that's everyone's business - whether Android is susceptible or not, we all forward email with attachments - and plus, Android is a big target.
One of the few non-sensational anti-malware apps in the Windows world is available for us in the Play Store - MalwareBytes.
Most of the anti-virus apps out there are garbage, including a big one by the famous snake oil salesvolk, who are now scare-mongering that a *potential* vulnerability just recently found is somehow malware (when it's not even close).
Avoid sideloading apps from unknown sources, take a good look at the parallel thread here by alostpacket on permissions and knowing what you install - and trust anti-malware apps no more than you would on your laptop.
Android is not perfect, it has vulnerabilities.
Just like your pc.
Be proactive protecting yourself.
Just like on your pc.
The same dorks selling you task killers are ready, willing, and able to sell you anti-virus software.
But now, you can let Google services handle it and it works like a champ.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
As for malware, I think that's everyone's business - whether Android is susceptible or not, we all forward email with attachments - and plus, Android is a big target.
One of the few non-sensational anti-malware apps in the Windows world is available for us in the Play Store - MalwareBytes.
Most of the anti-virus apps out there are garbage, including a big one by the famous snake oil salesvolk, who are now scare-mongering that a *potential* vulnerability just recently found is somehow malware (when it's not even close).
Avoid sideloading apps from unknown sources, take a good look at the parallel thread here by alostpacket on permissions and knowing what you install - and trust anti-malware apps no more than you would on your laptop.
Android is not perfect, it has vulnerabilities.
Just like your pc.
Be proactive protecting yourself.
Just like on your pc.
The same dorks selling you task killers are ready, willing, and able to sell you anti-virus software.
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