Apparently about 1% of Google’s Android apps are bad. There is no pre-screening for apps and it’s up to the users to find the bad ones.
It’s only the applications that have been flagged as bad by users a number of times that are then removed by Google. This is interesting because in theory Apple don’t have this problem, an app will be validated before it enters their market place.
Is this an easy way for criminals to get a malicious app out to the public easily and for it not to be removed straight away? If a clever app gets out there and users don’t immediately realise the problems it’s causing it could be quite dangerous.
Of course all this has to be set against the argument that one of the great things about the Android Market is that it’s open and anyone can get an app on there. Anything free and open has the potnetial to be exploited which is always a shame.