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That's been used for attacks. Suppose there's an app, Niceapp, that keeps all data on device, and you want to attack it and exfiltrate its data. ① You install
by Arnt 2y ago
That's been used for attacks.
Suppose there's an app, Niceapp, that keeps all data on device, and you want to attack it and exfiltrate its data. ① You install it, find out that it stores the data in /sdcard/Pictures/Niceapp, or some other world-readable directory. ② You write your own app with file system and network access permissions. You can find many suitable apps on github that you can rename and prettify. ③ You social-engineer users to install your app, which is then free to read the Niceapp data and exfiltrate them.
The attack works because the unstated policy leaves users (and possibly also the Niceapp developers) open to make inaccurate assumptions.