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This permission should just simply not exist. I had two games and an another app. The browsing history was, in this case, used for targetting ads. I did not nee
by jarnix 10y ago
This permission should just simply not exist. I had two games and an another app. The browsing history was, in this case, used for targetting ads. I did not need the apps and uninstalled the apps (it was around 2 years ago, on previous version of Android I think).
The apps on Android should be sandboxed and not be given this kind of permissions, that's all.
- riprowan 10y agoExactly. If an app requests a permission it should not need, then it should simply be considered malware and rejected with a big 1-star review.
- on_and_off 10y agoWell, browsing history sounds very helpful in order to create another browser and that's pretty much it. The unfortunate thing is that it is bundled in the same group as 'running apps'. I guess it is because Android's PMs wanted to limit the number of permissions groups but it means that many apps have to request it simply because they need GET_TASKS for old devices.
- _nedR 10y agoFirefox doesn't expose its browser history to other apps whereas both Chrome and the vanilla 'Internet' browser on Android does. This is one reason why i use Firefox on Android (another being the read-it-later feature, and option to add other search engines easily).