Protecting games and players by fighting abuse and piracy
summary
Google Play describes concrete tools and results: Play licensing plus SafetyNet Attestation verifies binaries and devices, cutting cheating — Rovio sees 40% fewer untrustworthy devices on leaderboards and Supercell drops unauthorized beta players from 90% to under 50%. Google Play Billing’s risk checks reduce fraud attempts up to 30% and chargeback losses up to 50%, while the voided purchases API (used by 80% of top partners) can cut refund-related losses as much as 80%. Play Protect scans 50 billion apps daily and catches over 99% of malicious apps.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 5:59How Google Play Licencing works
- 7:02How Safety Net Attestation works
- 11:15Reducing beta leakage
- 13:56What's next for integrity?
- 18:04What's next for refunds?
- 23:55What's next for reCAPTCHA?
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