{"id":7451,"date":"2026-03-16T06:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/android-17-blocks-non-accessibility-apps-from-accessibility-api-to-prevent-malware-abuse\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:12:13","slug":"android-17-blocks-non-accessibility-apps-from-accessibility-api-to-prevent-malware-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/android-17-blocks-non-accessibility-apps-from-accessibility-api-to-prevent-malware-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 17 Blocks Non-Accessibility Apps from Accessibility API to Prevent Malware Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bGoogle is testing a new security feature as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode (AAPM) that prevents certain kinds of apps from using the accessibility services API.<br \/>\nThe change, incorporated in Android 17 Beta 2, was first reported by Android Authority last week.<br \/>\nAAPM was introduced by Google in Android 16, released last year. When enabled, it causes the device to enter a heightened\u00a0Google is testing a new security feature as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode (AAPM) that prevents certain kinds of apps from using the accessibility services API.<br \/>\nThe change, incorporated in Android 17 Beta 2, was first reported by Android Authority last week.<br \/>\nAAPM was introduced by Google in Android 16, released last year. When enabled, it causes the device to enter a heightened\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bGoogle is testing a new security feature as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode (AAPM) that prevents certain kinds of apps from using the accessibility services API. The change, incorporated in Android 17 Beta 2, was first reported by Android Authority last week. AAPM was introduced by Google in Android 16, released last year. When&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/android-17-blocks-non-accessibility-apps-from-accessibility-api-to-prevent-malware-abuse\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Android 17 Blocks Non-Accessibility Apps from Accessibility API to Prevent Malware Abuse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7452,"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\/7451"}],"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=7451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}