Twitter has been granted a patent for detecting malware on mobile sites, according to a filing made public this month. According to the patent, filed back in 2012, Twitter could protect users from malware by crawling websites with “an emulated mobile device to cause behaviors to occur which may be malicious.” After Twitter’s bot visits […]
Patent reveals how Twitter could protect users from malware on the mobile Web
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2014 18:27
Twitter has been granted a patent for detecting malware on mobile sites, according to a filing made public this month. According to the patent, filed back in 2012, Twitter could protect users from malware by crawling websites with “an emulated mobile device to cause behaviors to occur which may be malicious.” After Twitter’s bot visits […]
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