What Are Android Permissions and Why Should You Care?
One of the critical parts of Android that is often overlooked is app permissions. Any app that you install on your phone has to ask for explicit access to potentially sensitive areas of your device, but they don’t always ask for these honorably. Thankfully, Android permissions have taken a turn for the better in its most recent update (Android 6.0 Marshmallow), but less than 3% of people have Marshmallow on their devices. Thus, it’s important to know how Android permissions have worked in the past, and how they’ll look in the future. Let’s take a complete look at permissions under both systems,…
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