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- Copyright © 2016-2018 Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
+ Copyright © 2016-2019 Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
This file is part of Privacy Browser <https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser>.
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<meta charset="UTF-8">
- <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/light_theme.css">
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/light_theme.css">
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<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#INSTALL_SHORTCUT">com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT</a></p>
<p>Required to add shortcuts for websites to the launcher desktop.</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>
+ For the free flavor, Firebase adds the following permissions even though they are not listed in the source code
+ <a href="https://git.stoutner.com/?p=PrivacyBrowser.git;a=blob;f=app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml;hb=HEAD">manifest file</a>.</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>
<h3>Prevent phone from sleeping</h3>
<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>
+ <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>Play Install Referrer API</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>
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