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Add or remove accounts:

Allows the app to perform operations like adding and removing accounts, and deleting their password.

Approximate location (network-based):

Allows the app to get your approximate location. This location is derived by location services using network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Apps may use this to determine approximately where you are.

Change network connectivity:

Allows the app to change the state of network connectivity.

Close other apps:

Allows the app to end background processes of other apps. This may cause other apps to stop running.

Connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi:

Allows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to device configuration for Wi-Fi networks.

Control vibration:

Allows the app to control the vibrator.

Create accounts and set passwords:

Allows the app to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.

Directly call phone numbers:

Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Note that this doesn't allow the app to call emergency numbers. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation.

Draw over other apps:

Allows the app to draw on top of other applications or parts of the user interface. They may interfere with your use of the interface in any application, or change what you think you are seeing in other applications.

Edit your text messages (SMS or MMS):

Allows the app to write to SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious apps may delete your messages.

Find accounts on the device:

Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the device. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.

Full network access:

Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

Measure app storage space:

Allows the app to retrieve its code, data, and cache sizes

Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage:

Allows the app to write to the USB storage.

Modify phone state:

Allows the app to control the phone features of the device. An app with this permission can switch networks, turn the phone radio on and off and the like without ever notifying you.

Modify system settings:

Allows the app to modify the system's settings data. Malicious apps may corrupt your system's configuration.

Modify your contacts:

Allows the app to modify the data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific contacts. This permission allows apps to delete contact data.

Precise location (GPS and network-based):

Allows the app to get your precise location using the Global Positioning System (GPS) or network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.

Prevent device from sleeping:

Allows the app to prevent the device from going to sleep.

Read battery statistics:

Allows an application to read the current low-level battery use data. May allow the application to find out detailed information about which apps you use.

Read call log:

Allows the app to read your device's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls. This permission allows apps to save your call log data, and malicious apps may share call log data without your knowledge.

Read Google service configuration:

Allows this app to read Google service configuration data.

Read phone status and identity:

Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.

Read sensitive log data:

Allows the app to read from the system's various log files. This allows it to discover general information about what you are doing with the device, potentially including personal or private information.

Read the contents of your USB storage:

Allows the app to read the contents of your USB storage.

Read your contacts:

Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.

Read your text messages (SMS or MMS):

Allows the app to read SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. This allows the app to read all SMS messages, regardless of content or confidentiality.

Read your Web bookmarks and history:

Allows the app to read the history of all URLs that the Browser has visited, and all of the Browser's bookmarks. Note: this permission may not be enforced by third-party browsers or other applications with web browsing capabilities.

Receive data from Internet:

Allows apps to accept cloud to device messages sent by the app's service. Using this service will incur data usage. Malicious apps could cause excess data usage.

Receive text messages (MMS):

Allows the app to receive and process MMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.

Receive text messages (SMS):

Allows the app to receive and process SMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.

Reroute outgoing calls:

Allows the app to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.

Retrieve running apps:

Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. This may allow the app to discover information about which applications are used on the device.

Run at startup:

Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the app to slow down the overall device by always running.

Send SMS messages:

Allows the app to send SMS messages. This may result in unexpected charges. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.

Update component usage statistics:

Allows the app to modify collected component usage statistics. Not for use by normal apps.

Use accounts on the device:

Allows the app to request authentication tokens.

View network connections:

Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.

View Wi-Fi connections:

Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.

Write call log:

Allows the app to modify your device's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls. Malicious apps may use this to erase or modify your call log.