Summary: Google has quietly hidden Administrator permission App Ops removed in the latest update to Android 4.4.2 KitKat
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Secret permission App Ops manager who showed up in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean is 4.4.2 KitKat disappeared again in Android.
According to Google, it was never intended that App Ops would be. already available to users The functionality was still in an experimental phase and could affect the proper functioning of apps that explains the company towards the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
App Ops appeared for the first time as a hidden feature in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean offers a main menu for managing permissions for installed apps on your device. You can separate the different permissions on or off for each app. The EFF regrets that the function has disappeared in the last KitKat update.
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“The fact that Android users permissions apps can not turn off, is a big hole in the security model of Android, where the data of one billion people by being swallowed,” writes Peter Eckersley of the EFF.
The EFF is therefore of the opinion that Google should enable the administrator permission again as soon as possible and, moreover, would have to add three functions:
- switch to prevent apps ‘trackable identifiers’ to collect, such as your phone number, IMEI and account information.
- way to turn.
- Better integration of Ops App in the Android system.
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