To me, it’s gotta be the microphone

  • The 8232 Project
    17·
    2 months ago

    This depends on what you’re trying to defend against. In my opinion (on GrapheneOS):

    • “Accessibility” permission (i.e. full control of the device)
    • “Network” permission
    • “Modify system settings” permission
    • “Install unknown apps” permission
    • Any permission that allows apps to communicate with one another (such as a reduced sandbox, file permission, or app communication scopes)

    Those are the only permissions that I can think of off the top of my head that could potentially allow an app to phone home. Turning off Wi-Fi for the device does little if the app also has the “Wi-Fi control” permission.

      • The 8232 Project
        1·
        2 months ago

        I know, but since we’re referring to permissions here, I wanted to refer to each of them by the permission names.