From recording videos, to making phone calls, to completing purchases and posting updates to your various social media accounts – there’s countless legitimate reasons why an Android app might require ...

Android permissions are at the core of managing how apps interact with your device, safeguarding your data and personal ...

From Android 10 onward, Google changed the way that storage is handled. This became mandatory for all apps targeting Android 11 and above. The changes were implemented with privacy in mind, preventing ...

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On Android, newly installed apps ask for a number of permissions when you run them for the first time. Many times, the permissions requested are essential for the app to function properly. However, ...

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According to Checkmarx's report, the Storage permissions is the most common requested permission that they have observed. "There are a large number of applications, with legitimate use-cases, that ...

More apps will finally be able to manage storage better in Android 11 soon, following an email reportedly sent out by Google. In the email, Google informs developers that they’ll need to inform the ...