Android app permissions aren't as easy to identify as they once were, but that doesn't mean you have to be uninformed. When it comes to Android and privacy, we’re accustomed to seeing things move in a ...

Android permissions are at the core of managing how apps interact with your device, safeguarding your data and personal information. Understanding these permissions ensures your privacy and helps you ...

In the most recent Android 4.4 release, Google has disabled a hidden feature that could control or disable permissions for individual apps. In Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Google quietly introduced a ...

A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

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Google has removed yet another batch of awful Android apps from the Google Play Store for breaking the company’s terms of service. The roundup includes 101 apps ...

Google is coming for your unused Android crapware. The company announced Friday that it will backport an Android 11 privacy feature—auto-resetting app permissions—to Android 6. Auto-resetting app ...

Some of the Android VPN apps available through the official Google Play Store request access to "dangerous" user permissions that a normal VPN app would have no use for, according to research viewed ...