Apple says the App Store prevented more than $1.5 billion of fraud in 2020

[Jacob Siegal]

Each and every day, we get more proof that the internet is an increasingly dangerous place. From hacks to viruses to zero-day vulnerabilities, there's only so much you can do to keep yourself safe, which is why it is so important for the companies with which you entrust your private data to do everything in their power to protect you.

Apple is one of those companies, and on Tuesday, the iPhone maker announced that it protected its customers from more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions through a combination of its sophisticated technology and the employees working diligently behind the scenes. The press release goes on to describe all of the ways that Apple is kept its users safe from threats on the App Store over the course of 2020.

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