{"id":3471,"date":"2025-02-15T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T11:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/androids-new-feature-blocks-fraudsters-from-sideloading-apps-during-calls\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T11:24:35","slug":"androids-new-feature-blocks-fraudsters-from-sideloading-apps-during-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/androids-new-feature-blocks-fraudsters-from-sideloading-apps-during-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Android&#8217;s New Feature Blocks Fraudsters from Sideloading Apps During Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bGoogle is working on a new security feature for Android that blocks device owners from changing sensitive settings when a phone call is in progress.<br \/>\nSpecifically, the in-call anti-scammer protections include preventing users from turning on settings to install apps from unknown sources and granting accessibility access. The development was first reported by Android Authority.<br \/>\nUsers who attempt\u00a0Google is working on a new security feature for Android that blocks device owners from changing sensitive settings when a phone call is in progress.<br \/>\nSpecifically, the in-call anti-scammer protections include preventing users from turning on settings to install apps from unknown sources and granting accessibility access. The development was first reported by Android Authority.<br \/>\nUsers who attempt\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bGoogle is working on a new security feature for Android that blocks device owners from changing sensitive settings when a phone call is in progress. Specifically, the in-call anti-scammer protections include preventing users from turning on settings to install apps from unknown sources and granting accessibility access. The development was first reported by Android Authority.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/androids-new-feature-blocks-fraudsters-from-sideloading-apps-during-calls\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Android&#8217;s New Feature Blocks Fraudsters from Sideloading Apps During Calls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}