These popular Android apps ask for dangerous permissions: WhatsApp and Facebook are on the list

A group of researchers has come to a curious conclusion: some of the most popular applications on our Android phones require access to a series of permissions that are considered dangerous.

They examined the manifests of 50 of the most popular apps on the Google Play Store. These manifests basically refer to the features that an app can access on a particular device.

The researchers have tagged 41 functions as dangerous, since this type of permissions usually open the door to restricted data or to performing actions that would affect confidential user data.

App creators must choose which permissions they need to run seamlessly on a user’s device.

And among all the applications that have examined the application MyJio It is the most dangerous of all since it requires nothing less to access 29 of the most dangerous permits.

It is a payment app that also allows you to make mobile bill payments, stream music, videos, play games, and even get discounts and make online purchases.

Specifically, this is the application that requests access to the largest number of dangerous permissions, the 29 mentioned.

In second place, with 26 dangerous permissions that seek device approval, we have none other than WhatsApp.

In third place with 24 requests for access to dangerous permissions is TrueCaller.

In fourth place is Google Messages, tied with WhatsApp Business. Both are seeking approval for 23 dangerous permits.

Finally, among the controversial applications is Facebook, which is seeking approval for 22 dangerous permissions.

These are the most dangerous permissions requested by applications

The most dangerous permission requested by the apps they have examined is to publish notifications.

“The easiest way to exploit notifications, often abused by malicious apps, is to bombard users with unwanted ads, phishing links, or even misinformation.”

The second most dangerous permit is that of request access to storage outside the application directoryThis is because with this permission, applications would be allowed to access, for example, some photos that we have stored on our mobile.

Other dangerous permissions are access to the camera or microphone..

This research is an example of how even the most popular applications on the market can end up being dangerous depending on the type of permissions they request.

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Tags: Apps, security