Android Security — a Q&A with Google's Adrian Ludwig

We've been talking a lot about security on your Android device recently, and as the conversation continued it was clear there were questions that needed to be answered by a person a greater authority. Things like whether you need antivirus software for your phone, identifying malware, and being sure your devices are generally safe through daily use are topics that have become unnecessarily muddy. While we can place some of the blame for this on the seemingly endless barrage of articles telling us about all of the software out there being made to exploit Android users, there also are some legitimate questions about Android security that don't have plain, simple answers.

To help address this, we've gone straight to the source. Adrian Ludwig, a lead engineer for Android security at Google, took some time via email to give the answers we've been looking for.

source: androidcentral