Excessive use may make the device slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.Īllows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.Īllows the app to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the app to slow down the overall device by always running.Īllows the app to send SMS messages. This may allow the app to discover information about which applications are used on the device.Īllows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This permission allows the app to record audio at any time without your confirmation.Īllows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks.
This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.Īllows the app to record audio with the microphone. Malicious apps could cause excess data usage.Īllows the app to receive and process SMS messages. Using this service will incur data usage. This means the app can identify you and may send your profile information to others.Īllows apps to accept cloud to device messages sent by the app's service. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.Īllows the app to read personal profile information stored on your device, such as your name and contact information. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.Īllows an app to read the sync stats for an account, including the history of sync events and how much data is synced.Īllows the app to read the contents of your USB storage.Īllows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.Īllows the app to read the sync settings for an account. Apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.Īllows the app to prevent the device from going to sleep.Īllows this app to read Google service configuration data.Īllows the app to access the phone features of the device. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Precise location (GPS and network-based):Īllows the app to get your precise location using the Global Positioning System (GPS) or network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi.
This permission allows apps to delete contact data.Īllows the app to view the configuration of Bluetooth on the device, and to make and accept connections with paired devices. Malicious apps may corrupt your system's configuration.Īllows the app to modify the data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific contacts. Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage:Īllows the app to write to the USB storage.Īllows the app to modify the system's settings data. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.Īllows an app to add shortcuts without user intervention. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.Īllows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. Apps may use this to determine approximately where you are.Īllows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.Īllows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to device configuration for Wi-Fi networks.Īllows the app to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.Īllows the app to get the list of accounts known by the device. This location is derived by location services using network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. Allows the app to perform operations like adding and removing accounts, and deleting their password.Īllows the app to get your approximate location.