Talk:Android Data Collection: Difference between revisions
Latest comment: 13 November 2025 by Rudxain in topic 3p section
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* [https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use Here] you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES <code>QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES</code>] can be abused. | * [https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use Here] you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES <code>QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES</code>] can be abused. | ||
* The fact that [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET] is not a [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime "dangerous"] permission, is no surprise because gluegle loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard NetGuard], which [ | * The fact that [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET] is not a [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime "dangerous"] permission, is no surprise because gluegle loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard NetGuard], which [[Talk:Google#they_REALLY_despise_ad-blockers | gluegle forbids from blocking host-names simply because it can be used to block ads]] | ||
[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:15, 13 November 2025 (UTC) | [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:15, 13 November 2025 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 14 November 2025
3p section
We need a section about third-party tracking.
- Here you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so
QUERY_ALL_PACKAGEScan be abused. - The fact that INTERNET is not a "dangerous" permission, is no surprise because gluegle loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as NetGuard, which gluegle forbids from blocking host-names simply because it can be used to block ads