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Copyright © 2016-2018 Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
+ Translation 2018 Stefan Erhardt. Copyright assigned to Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
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Translation 2016 Aaron Gerlach <aaron@gerlach.com>. Copyright assigned to Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
This file is part of Privacy Browser <https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser>.
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#INSTALL_SHORTCUT">com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT</a></p>
<p>Benötigt, um Verknüpfungen zu Websites auf Ihrer Startseite zu erstellen.</p>
+ <h3>Read storage</h3>
+ <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE">android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE</a></p>
+ <p>Required to import settings from public folders. On Android Marshmallow (API 23) and newer, if this permission is denied Privacy Browser can import settings from the app’s folders instead.</p>
+
<h3>Write storage</h3>
- <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"> android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE</a></p>
- <p>Required to download files to the public download folder.
- On Android Marshmallow (API 23) and newer, if this permission is denied Privacy Browser will store downloads in the app’s download folder instead.</p>
+ <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE">android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE</a></p>
+ <p>Required to export settings and download files to the public folders.
+ On Android Marshmallow (API 23) and newer, if this permission is denied Privacy Browser can export settings and store downloads in the app’s folders instead.</p>
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<p>In addition, Privacy Browser Free displays ads from Google’s AdMob network using the Firebase backend.
For the free flavor, Firebase adds the following permissions even though they are not listed in the manifest file.</p>
+ <h3>Read phone status and identity</h3>
+ <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#read_phone_state">android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE</a></p>
+ <p>Allows the ads to access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls,
+ and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device. This is a dangerous permission and requires the user to explicitly allow it on Android Marshmallow (API 23) or newer.
+ In my testing I have not seen ads attempt to request or use this permission.</p>
+
<h3>View network connections</h3>
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE">android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE</a></p>
<p>Allows the ads to tell when you are connected to the internet and when you aren’t (presumably so they don’t try to reload an ad when you are disconnected).
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#WAKE_LOCK">android.permission.WAKE_LOCK</a></p>
<p>Allows the ads to keep the processor from sleeping and the screen from dimming, although in my testing I don’t think the ads actually do this.</p>
+ <h3>Track installs from ads</h3>
+ <p><a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/11/google-play-referrer-api-track-and.html">com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE</a></p>
+ <p>Allows other apps to tell if their installation was launched from an ad in Privacy Browser Free.</p>
+
<h3>Receive data from Internet</h3>
<p><a href="http://androidpermissions.com/permission/com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE">com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE</a></p>
<p>Allows Google to send information directly to the AdView without having to receive a request first (cloud-to-device messaging).</p>
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