PocketPermissions (v2.0) - The app version of my security guide (updated)

[alostpacket]

Minor update:

2.0.4
Bugfixes for 7" tablets such as HTC Flyer and Galaxy Tab (orig)
Fixed uninstalled app bug

Coming soon
- Bookmark and sharing features
- Performance tweaks
- Permission tracking


Also please feel free to suggest more features

 

[alostpacket]

quick bump for 2.1 update

-Over 150 new permissions added to the database
-Bookmarks for permissions
-All permissions requested by your apps added to DB
-Improved details screen with more info on each permission
-New database code for greatly improved performance
-Improvements to tablet layout

 

[iowabowtech]

Thanks ALP.
:wavey:

 

[skafan00]

I love this app and how you try to help the few people left that value thier privacy. Thanks so much for your great work.

I was wondering if it is possible to DENY individual permissions that these apps are asking for? I currently use LBE privacy guard (on a rooted phone - hope that is ok to say) which does a FANTASTIC job, but they do not update it and it doesn't work on my Thrive tablet. I assume this is a massive amout of work, but I would be willing to pau up for it and assume others would as well. No other app does this except LBE so there is room to take over the niche.

Anyway. thanks for the great app.

 

[alostpacket]

I love this app and how you try to help the few people left that value thier privacy. Thanks so much for your great work.

I was wondering if it is possible to DENY individual permissions that these apps are asking for? I currently use LBE privacy guard (on a rooted phone - hope that is ok to say) which does a FANTASTIC job, but they do not update it and it doesn't work on my Thrive tablet. I assume this is a massive amout of work, but I would be willing to pau up for it and assume others would as well. No other app does this except LBE so there is room to take over the niche.

Anyway. thanks for the great app.

Hi skafan00 -- thanks so much for your kind words. As for apps that blocker permissions, I can't really specifically recommend them as they will cause some apps to crash. I also have not tested any myself. However some people have found relatively few crashes, so that's up to you. But there are at least 2 other besides LBE I know of.

My recommendation (sorta):

I do know that one of the apps is developed by a guy named Stericson, and he has been a big contributor to the open source community and the root/ROM community.

Here's his app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions.donate

Like I said I cannot endorse any particular permission blocking app, but I do respect this particular dev. I hope that helps.

 

[RobertB-DC]

Here's something interesting that I found with PocketPermissions on my T-Mobile HTC MyTouch 4G Slide (unrooted). It has a System app with "Brick" permission. You noted "Should only ever be granted to System apps, but even then I don't think I have ever seen it in use."

You said to let you know if it shows up in the wild... it sounds strange enough that I figured I'd post it here. Not just to let you know, but to show how cool the app is.

App details: it's called "DoubleshotAndroidZipgroups", com.zipwhip.zipgroups.doubleshot, version 1.0b13935. The app has a mind-blowing total of 115 permissions! So if there's any other rare permissions you'd like to see in action... it's probably using them.

 

[alostpacket]

Here's something interesting that I found with PocketPermissions on my T-Mobile HTC MyTouch 4G Slide (unrooted). It has a System app with "Brick" permission. You noted "Should only ever be granted to System apps, but even then I don't think I have ever seen it in use."

You said to let you know if it shows up in the wild... it sounds strange enough that I figured I'd post it here. Not just to let you know, but to show how cool the app is.

Yes thanks for much letting me know. I wonder why they have that.

App details: it's called "DoubleshotAndroidZipgroups", com.zipwhip.zipgroups.doubleshot, version 1.0b13935. The app has a mind-blowing total of 115 permissions! So if there's any other rare permissions you'd like to see in action... it's probably using them.

Holy moly! That's a ton of permissions -- scary! A quick Google for that app's name makes it sound like it might be spyware. Be careful