We do not recommend this practice. The Google Play Store has so many security measures that it’s actually difficult to mess up your phone while using it. Installing your own apps has some dangers.

The report is from Leakd, which investigated “51 top downloaded crypto apps from Google Play.” The team’s focus was how these apps “manage permissions, network configurations, embedded ...

Google also can’t pay device makers or mobile phone carriers to pre-install the Play Store or to not pre-install a third-party app store. One thing that doesn’t appear to break the rules ...