Special permissions allow Android apps access to system-wide resources—you should check which apps have access to what.

You checked your permissions. You may have missed half of them.

Android app permissions aren't as easy to identify as they once were, but that doesn't mean you have to be uninformed. When it comes to Android and privacy, we’re accustomed to seeing things move in a ...

Last year, Android 11 introduced a clever privacy feature that removes permissions granted to “unused apps” that haven’t been opened in some time. Google is now bringing this auto-reset to older ...

After a few years of expanding privacy and security tools, the Android team is in refinement mode. Then again, when an operating system runs on more than 3 billion devices, little changes can have a ...

With 2.5 billion users worldwide, Google has a responsibility to make its Android operating system as secure as possible. But the company has at times struggled to adequately vet apps in the Google ...

In the most recent Android 4.4 release, Google has disabled a hidden feature that could control or disable permissions for individual apps. In Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Google quietly introduced a ...

App permissions are one thing most people give away much too liberally — but what's the other option, using less apps? Trying to remember to manually toggle off permissions for certain apps after ...