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> READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY > Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. An app with this permission can determine the phone number and ser
by pooriaazimi 14y ago
> READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY
> Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. An app with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.
?!! It also requires READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoOn second thought: maybe Android's permissions are broken and too generic. An app has a legit reason to want to know whether a call is active (to shut off playback), but the permission gives the app other abilities that they can abuse, like device serial number and phone number.
- daemin 14y agoI have not developed for Android yet, but I would imagine they need said permissions in order to stop playing the audio/video when a phonecall is in progress. I would imagine that it's a useful feature, and that many more people would complain if it was absent.