User manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Overview
- Safety precautions
- Getting started
- Using the device
- Getting to know your device
- Configuring the start screens
- Notifications
- Apps
- Downloads
- Fingerprint sensor
- Protection from unwanted interruptions
- Additional functions
- Communication
- Settings
- Device
- Security
- Accounts and location detection
- Apps
- Network connections
- System
- Appendix
- Index
Gigaset GS3 / LUG AU-IE-UK-International en / A31008-XXXXX-XXXX-X-XXXX / operating.fm / 12/10/20
Template Module, Version 2.1, 11.08.2020 / Template Basiseinstellungen: Version 3.1 - 07.07.2020
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Protection from harmful apps
Downloading apps from sources other than Google Play
If you want to download apps from sources other than Google Play, you must permit it explicitly.
You can find this function in the settings for the app that allows the download, e. g. browser or
mail program.
Settings Apps & notifications Display all apps Select the app that you
wish to use to load apps from other sources Install unknown apps Enable the Allow
from this source switch.
If you intend to use apps that Google classifies as insecure, you must permit the use of such apps
e
xplicitly
. Find out about the associated security risks from Google beforehand.
Checking the device for security threats
Google Play Protect checks apps when they are installed, and regularly and automatically checks
your device for security threats. In the event Play Protect finds a potentially harmful app, you are
notified.
Settings Google Security Google Play Protect . . . Information is
displayed on apps checked recently.
Manually starting a check: Tap Scan
Enabling/disabl
ing automatic checking:
Tap Enable/disable Scan apps with Play Protect with switch
The following actions are possible when you install an app which is not from Google Play:
• Recommendation not to install the app.
• Installation of the app is blocked when there is a threat to the security of the device.
• Information on the app’s identification is sent to Google, such as protocol information,
URLs connected to the app, the device ID, its operating system version and the IP address.
Apps installed on the device are checked regularly. If
a potential harmful app is detected, the
app check can take the following actions:
• Recommend that you uninstall the app immediately.
• Remove an app which is known to be insecure.
Apps from unknown sources can represent a security risk for your smartphone.
A download can corrupt your smartphone, and personal details can be misused or
go missing.