Anonymized application scanning for mobile devices

1. A system, comprising:

a server comprising a server processor and a server memory;

a client device in data communication with the server, the client device comprising a client processor and a client memory; and

a management service stored in the server memory that, when executed by the server processor, causes the server to at least:

receive a list of installed applications from the client device;

add the list of installed applications to an aggregate listing of applications, wherein the aggregate listing of applications represents a list of client applications installed on one or more of a plurality of client devices;

hide at least one device identifier associated with the plurality of client devices in the aggregate listing of applications;

send to a scanning service a policy comprising an identifier of a prohibited client application;

determine a quantity of the client devices that have transmitted a respective list for the aggregate listing of applications;

send the aggregate listing of applications to the scanning service in response to the quantity of the client devices exceeding a quantity threshold;

receive a notification from the scanning service, the notification comprising an indication that the prohibited client application is present in the aggregate listing of applications;

send a message to the client device instructing the client device to determine whether the prohibited client application is installed on the client device and to perform a remedial action specified by the policy in response to a determination that the prohibited client application is installed on the client device; and

receive a notification message that comprises a request to update a compliance status of the client device to indicate that the client device is in a compliant state.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to uninstall the prohibited client application.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to upgrade the prohibited client application.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to modify a permission assigned to the prohibited client application.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to modify a setting of the prohibited client application.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the prohibited client application comprises a first client application stored in the client memory and the remedial action comprises causing the client device to uninstall a second client application stored in the client memory.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises resetting the client device to an initial state.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving a list of installed applications from a client device;

adding the list of installed applications to an aggregate listing of applications, wherein the aggregate listing of applications represents a list of client applications installed on one or more of a plurality of client devices;

hiding at least one device identifier associated with the plurality of client devices in the aggregate listing of applications;

sending to a scanning service a policy comprising an identifier of a prohibited client application;

determining a quantity of the client devices that have transmitted a respective list for the aggregate listing of applications;

sending the aggregate listing of applications to the scanning service in response to the quantity of the plurality of client devices exceeding a quantity threshold;

receiving a notification from the scanning service, the notification comprising an indication that the prohibited client application is present in the aggregate listing of applications;

sending a message to the client device instructing the client device to determine whether the prohibited client application is installed on the client device and to perform a remedial action specified by the policy in response to a determination that the prohibited client application is installed on the client device; and

receiving a notification message that comprises a request to update a compliance status of the client device to indicate that the client device is in a compliant state.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to uninstall the prohibited client application.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to upgrade the prohibited client application.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to modify a permission assigned to the prohibited client application.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the client device to modify a setting of the prohibited client application.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the prohibited client application comprises a first client application and the remedial action comprises causing the client device to uninstall a second client application from the client device.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to at least:

receive a list of installed applications from a client device;

add the list of installed applications to an aggregate listing of applications, wherein the aggregate listing of applications represents a list of client applications installed on one or more of a plurality of client devices;

hide at least one device identifier associated with the plurality of client devices in the aggregate listing of applications;

send to a scanning service a policy comprising an identifier of a prohibited client application, wherein installation of the prohibited client application is prohibited on the client device;

determine a quantity of the client devices that have transmitted a respective list for the aggregate listing of applications;

send the aggregate listing of applications to the scanning service in response to the quantity of the plurality of client devices exceeding a quantity threshold;

receive a notification from the scanning service, the notification comprising an indication that the prohibited client application is present in the aggregate listing of applications;

send a message to the client device instructing the client device to determine whether the prohibited client application is installed on the client device and to perform a remedial action specified by the policy in response to a determination that the prohibited client application is installed on the client device; and

receive a notification message that comprises a request to update a compliance status of the client device to indicate that the client device is in a compliant state.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the computing device to upgrade the prohibited client application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the computing device to modify a permission assigned to the prohibited client application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the remedial action comprises causing the computing device to modify a setting of the prohibited client application.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the prohibited client application comprises a first client application and the remedial action comprises causing the computing device to uninstall a second client application from the computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the notification message from the client device indicates that the remedial action has been performed.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the notification message from the client device indicates that the remedial action has been performed.