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- Copyright © 2016-2020 Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
-
- This file is part of Privacy Browser <https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser>.
-
- Privacy Browser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- Privacy Browser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with Privacy Browser. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -->
-
-<html>
- <head>
- <meta charset="UTF-8">
-
- <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/light_theme.css">
- </head>
-
- <body>
- <h3>Have full network access</h3>
- <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#INTERNET">android.permission.INTERNET</a></p>
- <p>Required for the WebView to access the internet. Without this permission, Privacy Browser would be “No Browser: Protecting Your Privacy by Staying Completely Off the Internet”.</p>
-
- <h3>Install shortcuts</h3>
- <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 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>
-
- <br/>
- <hr/>
- <br/>
-
- <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 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>
- <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).
- They can also tell if you are connected via Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G, etc.</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>
-
- <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>
- <p>Allows Google to send information directly to the AdView without having to receive a request first (cloud-to-device messaging).</p>
- </body>
-</html>
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