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Android Apps Violate Permissions - But Who Cares, Right?

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These guys built a tool called "woodpecker" that snakes around inside popular Android phone platforms looking for places where the phone is configured so as to violate the Android permission enforcement model. Go read it - you'd be surprised what they've found...

https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/18557-Android-Apps-Violate-Permissions-Bu...

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