I honestly have no idea why AT&T threat defender exists. At first glance, you may think this is yet another horrible security app pushed out by a carrier, but sadly the actual situation is a lot worse. AT&T has essentially created a game out of an advertisement for their security services, and yes it’s as bad as you are thinking.
It’s no coincidence that the very beginning of the game promotes AT&T’s security services.
AT&T made a game for Android for some reason, and it’s terrible was written by the awesome team at Android Police.