The application has access to the following:
Network communication
full Internet access
Allows an application to create network sockets.
view network state
Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
view Wi-Fi state
Allows an application to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi.
create Bluetooth connections
Allows an application to view configuration of the local Bluetooth phone, and to make and accept connections with paired devices.
System tools
change network connectivity
Allows an application to change the status of network connectivity.
change Wi-Fi state
Allows an application to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points, and to make changes to configured Wi-Fi networks.
restart other applications
Allows an application to forcibly restart other applications.
prevent phone from sleeping
Allows an application to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
automatically start at boot
Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the application to slow down overall performance of the phone by constantly running.
send sticky broadcast
Allows an application to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Malicious applications can make the phone slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.
display system-level alerts
Allows an application to show system alert windows. Malicious applications can take over the entire screen of the phone.
delete all application cache data
Allows an application to free phone storage by deleting files in application cache directory. Access is very restricted and usually for system processes.
retrieve system internal status
Allows application to retrieve internal state of the system. Malicious applications may retrieve a wide variety of private and secure information that they should never normally need.
set preferred applications
Allows an application to modify your preferred applications. This can allow malicious applications to silently change the applications that are ran, spoofing your existing applications to collect private data from you.
write subscribed feeds
Allows an application to modify your currently synced feeds. This could allow a malicious application to change your synced feeds.
format external storage
Allows the application to format removable storage.
modify global system settings
Allows an application to modify the systemʼs settings data. Malicious applications can corrupt your systemʼs configuration.
read system log files
Allows an application to read from the systemʼs various log files. This allows it to discover general information about what you are doing with the phone, but should not contain any personal or private information.
bluetooth management
Allows an application to configure the local Bluetooth phone, and to discover and pair with remote devices.
reorder running applications
Allows an application to move tasks to the foreground and background. Malicious applications can force themselves to the front without your control.
change your UI settings
Allows an application to change the current configuration, such as the locale or overall font size.
set time zone
Allows an application to change the phoneʼs time zone.
disable keylock
Allows an application to disable the keylock and any associated password security. A legitimate example of this is the phone disabling the keylock when receiving an incoming phone call, then re-enabling the keylock when the call is finished.
write access point name settings
Allows an application to modify the APN settings, such as Proxy and Port of any APN.
read sync settings
Allows an application to read the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for contacts.
write sync settings
Allows an application to modify the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for contacts.
make application always run
Allows an application to make parts of itself persistent, so the system canʼt use it for other applications.
mount and unmount filesystems
Allows the application to mount and unmount filesystems for removable storage.
retrieve running applications
Allows application to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. May allow malicious applications to discover private information about other applications.
Phone calls
read phone state and identity
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application 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, ect.
modify phone state
Allows the application to control the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can switch networks, turn the phone radio on and off and the like without ever notifying you.
intercept outgoing calls
Allows application to process outgoing calls and change the number to be dialed. Malicious applications may monitor, redirect, or prevent outgoing calls.
Paid services.
directly call phone numbers
Allows the application to call phone numbers without your intervention. Malicious applications may cause unexpected calls on your phone bill. Note that this does not allow the application to call emergency numbers.
Your personal information
read contact data
Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people.
write owner data
Allows an application to modify the phone owner data stored on your phone. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify owner data.
write contact data
Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your contact data.
Your location
fine (GPS) location
Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.
coarse (network-based) location
Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate phone location, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine approximately where you are.
access extra location provider commands
Access extra location provider commands. Malicious applications could use this to interfere with the operation of the GPS or other location sources.
mock location sources for testing
Create mock location sources for testing. Malicious applications can use this to override the location and/or status returned by real location sources such as GPS or Network providers.
Storage
modify/delete SD card contents
Allows an application to write to the SD card.
Hardware controls
take pictures
Allows application to take pictures with the camera. This allows the application at any time to collect images the camera is seeing.
record audio
Allows application to access the audio record path.
test hardware
Allows the application to control various peripherals for the purpose of hardware testing.
change your audio settings
Allows application to modify global audio settings such as volume and routing.
control vibrator
Allows the application to control the vibrator.
Your messages
read SMS or MMS
Allows application to read SMS messages stored on your phone or SIM card. Malicious applications may read your confidential messages.
edit SMS or MMS
Allows application to write to SMS messages stored on your phone or SIM card. Malicious applications may delete your messages.
send SMS-received broadcast
Allows an application to broadcast a notification that an SMS message has been received. Malicious applications may use this to forge incoming SMS messages.
send WAP-PUSH-received broadcast
Allows an application to broadcast a notification that a WAP PUSH message has been received. Malicious applications may use this to forge MMS message receipt or to silently replace the content of any web page with malicious variants.
Development tools
Close all background applications
Allows an application to control whether activities are always finished as soon as they go to the background. Never needed for normal applications.
enable application debugging
Allows an application to turn on debugging for another application. Malicious applications can use this to kill other applications.
limit number of running processes
Allows an application to control the maximum number of processes that will run. Never needed for normal applications.
send Linux signals to applications
Allows application to request that the supplied signal be sent to all persistent processes.
Your accounts
act as an account authenticator
Allows an application to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.
discover known accounts
Allows an application to get the list of accounts known by the phone.
use the authentication credentials of an account
Allows an application to request authentication tokens.
Other
android.permission.ADD_SYSTEM_SERVICE
android.permission.SET_PROCESS_FOREGROUND
com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
com.clovis4radvision.android.im.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG
android.permission.WRITE_CALL_LOG
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