In the modern world of smartphone apps, losing track of your permissions is easy. After all, camera access is now required for many popular applications like TikTok and Instagram. Other apps like Uber ...

Malware targeting Android devices has increased, often exploiting permissions that users unknowingly grant. While Android's open nature makes it a target, you can protect your device by carefully ...

Whenever you install an app, it requests some permissions, such as access to the camera, microphone, accessibility features, contacts, messages, and network. Some of these permissions are critical to ...

Android already has an existing permission for calendar access. Google Calendar appears to be working on a new setting that would prevent the app from sharing its own info with other calendar apps.

Android keeps a record of every privacy permission you've granted. A pair of built-in tools let you see what each app can access and revoke whatever you want.

Since Android 13, sideloaded apps have had a harder time getting accessibility permissions. Malicious apps often use them to try to breach the victim’s security and privacy, so Google has focused on ...

While severely limited, there are some ways to manage microphone settings on Android. You can tap the Mute button during a call. You can also revoke microphone permissions to specific apps. A ...