Android App Permissions Explained

When you install an application on an Android phone from the Android Market, you see a list of permissions that the app needs in order to function. It is important to pay attention to what you see in the list and ask yourself whether they make sense for the application. Does it make sense that a wallpaper app needs access to your personal information? If you see something that doesn’t make sense, I recommend that you do not install the app.

There are 22 different permissions that an app could require, and I doubt that most Android users know what each of them mean.

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