Online Public Relations Thoughts

This is a crisis for Google, the developer of Android software. Stalkerware, which can be uploaded into a phone without the owner knowing and can compromise everything they send or say, is a deep violation of privacy.  Google almost certainly is aware of the situation.  The question is what the company is doing about it.  The longer it goes on, the greater the hit to Google's reputation and the more phone owners will convert to Apple, which has better controls over apps.  The situation is well beyond words.  It is a time for action to fix the code in Android's operating system.  It is time for more discipline in vetting apps before they are allowed on the platform.  Google has work to do.  Is it up to the job?