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BY LOGAN TITTLE

Google has a new guardian. The company announced a new security system for Android users called “Bouncer,” checking out every app at the door.

PhoneDog.com explains—

“…the tool automatically scans the Android Market for any suspicious software that could harm your handset. The Bouncer analyzes new apps as well as existing ones, and it even scans developer accounts to make sure malicious devs aren't able to put their wares in the Market.”

(video source: Android Tips)

Great! So—when can we see it? Apparently we already have. Vice President of engineering for Android tells Computerworld—the company has been bouncing bad apps for a number of months.

"The interesting thing is that no one really noticed. It didn't disrupt the end user's experience [in the Android Market] or disrupt the developers. They didn't have to think about it at all."

According to PC Mag, the former director of public policy at Google says the company isn’t just trying to help users—but also avid app developers.

“We don't generally go back and try to make sure that every app does what it says it's going to do. [Google is] really trying to maximize the ability of small app developers to get online."

But what if a safe app accidentally gets axed? A blogger for Androidcommunity.com says not to worry—Google is packing enough man-power for backup.

“… once an application is flagged Google’s team will manually investigate the application to make sure before wrongly pulling an app or game.”

The company isn’t claiming perfection—but progress. Google reported a 250% increase in activity for the Android market last year and a 40% decrease in the number of deceptive downloads.