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Interesting, I did not realize READ_CONTACTS gave access to call logs in <= IceCreamSandwich. I wish Android used a permissions model similar to iOS, where the
by bndw 12y ago
Interesting, I did not realize READ_CONTACTS gave access to call logs in <= IceCreamSandwich.
I wish Android used a permissions model similar to iOS, where the application prompts the user for specific permissions as needed, rather than up front.
- lovelearning 12y agoPerhaps the most reliable way to know exactly what all a permission allows, is to write an analyzer tool that analyzes android platform sources and/or bytecode looking for calls to permission APIs, creates a list of such calling methods, and finally maps these callers to what data they affect. Not sure if the underlying native binaries too use these permissions, but if they do, they too can probably be analyzed. I wonder if such a tool already exists.