Once you grant permission to an app, Bouncer quietly revokes it after you're done setting up or using an app. The next time you open that app, you can allow the permission again if needed. Every time ...

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You don’t want to worry about an app unnecessarily having access to other parts of your phone, and you can control this by limiting its permissions. This means you can change settings that specify ...

When you’re eagerly installing the latest must-have disappearing photo app or addictive puzzle game, how much time are you likely to spend reading through the required permissions before you accept ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Smartphones and apps have become a major part of our daily lives but we may be giving them more permissions than we realize. Most of us don’t pay a lot of ...

Future versions of the Firefox OS mobile platform will allow users to control application-specific permissions, a feature with both privacy and security benefits that’s missing on Android. Firefox OS ...

I read your article about Chrome permissions last week, but I want to know about Android app permissions. It seems like every app developer wants access to so much on my phone! Do they really need all ...

Mobile applications increasingly want access to various functions on your smartphones and tablets, such as your location and contacts book. But some of these app permissions should not be granted. App ...

The recent discovery that the Path app was uploading users entire contact lists to the company's servers riled up the tech community. The uproar escalated quickly to outrage with the admission that ...

The “No-permission Android App Remote Shell,” as they are calling it, doesn’t take advantage of a security hole in Google’s Android. Rather, it exploits legitimate functionality that has been known ...