Android no longer reveals app permission changes in automatic updates

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jun 13, 2014 3:33 AM EDT
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Automatically updating Android apps could get riskier thanks to a change Google developers have made to the way the OS discloses new app permissions, such as the ability to send potentially costly text messages or track a user's precise geographic location.

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