PrivacyBreacher for Android reveals data that apps have access to without extra permission requests

guest · Jun 1, 2020

PrivacyBreacher for Android reveals data that apps have access to without extra permission requests
June 1, 2020
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/06/01/p...ps-can-get-without-extra-permission-requests/

PrivacyBreacher is an open source Android application that has been created to showcase some privacy issues on Android devices. It has been created to demonstrate privacy issues on Android, and is based on the Privacy Issues in Android article that you can access here.

The application is compatible with Android 9 and later devices, and requires no extra permissions. In fact, it has been designed to point out data that applications can access without any extra permission requests.
The developer notes that this may give the app a "3D visualization of your hand & body movements".
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All Android devices gain access to a core set of permissions automatically; these permissions are not mentioned explicitly and don't need to be requested. PrivacyBreacher demonstrates that applications may access information about a user's device without requesting any extra permissions.
While many of these may sound harmless, they could be used for fingerprinting or other tracking purposes.
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PrivacyBreacher - an app built to showcase the privacy issues in Android operating system

PrivacyBreacher is an Android app built as a proof of concept for a research article describing the privacy issues in Android.
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