The instruments for her began Epic Games and Fortnite, due to the company's decision to distribute the file of the popular game for Android devices through its official website and not from the Google Play store, in order to avoid the 30% hike of Google.
This decision was marked as a milestone for other developers to follow a similar path, however, a report has already been published that speaks of a significant security gap. The revelation was made by Google, which discovered a vulnerability in the Fortnite installer for Android devices that allows any application on the device to download and install anything in the background without the user's knowledge.
In essence, Google states that a malicious application could gain control of the Fortnite installer and install anything on the user's device without even needing permission to install from unknown sources. We remind you that in order to install the Fortnite file from the official website of Epic Games, you must have given the necessary access from the settings of your device.
The vulnerability was discovered by Google on August 15, and Epic Games confirmed that it was immediately notified of the incident, and released Fortnite 2.1.0, which fixes the problem within 48 hours of receiving the update. The company's CEO, Tim Sweeney, thanked Google for the update, but described it as "irresponsible" because it made the issue public almost immediately.
What do we keep from this story? Practically, if you have upgraded your Fortnite application to version 2.1.0 you run no risk. However, there is a great deal of debate as to whether even a large company can eventually avoid the official distribution route for Android devices without compromising users' data and security.
