Whoooah! HOW many Google Play apps did you say request 'read SMS' access?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 16, 2014 7:06 PM EDT
The Register; By John Leyden
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A security firm has criticised Android's all-or-nothing permission approach, arguing it unnecessarily creates extra privacy risks for businesses and consumers. Users are obliged to accept a entire laundry list of requested permissions before they can download an Android app. Disagreement on any point means that the software package can't be downloaded.

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