Regulatory and Safety Permissions

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Things you should know about Regulatory and Safety protocol on Android Devices

Regulatory & Safety latest permissions

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• Allows an app to access approximate location.
• Allows an app to access precise location.
• Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.
• Allows applications to access information about networks.
• Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
• ACCESS_WIMAX_STATE
• An app using this permission usually provides an interface to deal with a certain account type (which is not known by the pre-installed Android system), such as Dropbox. As shipped, Android does not know how to login to Dropbox and how to deal with a Dropbox account – so the Dropbox app provides the mechanism. Additionally, an 'account authenticator' might restrict the actions an app can perform with the account (so it would e.g. be possible to administrate this via some web interface offered by the service).
• Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
• Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
• Allows an application to access data from sensors that the user uses to measure what is happening inside his/her body, such as heart rate.
• Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
• Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
• Required to be able to access the camera device.
• Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
• Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
• Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
• CHANGE_WIMAX_STATE
• Allows an application to clear the caches of all installed applications on the device.
• Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.
• DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
• Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
• Allows access to the flashlight.
• Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
• Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
• This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
• Allows applications to open network sockets.
• Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String).
• The API documentation is not that clear about this permission. But according to Bryans answer, an app can only delete/modify an account it created itself. Of course it can create any new account, and manage that.
• Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
• Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
• This constant was deprecated in API level 9. This functionality will be removed in the future; please do not use. Allow an application to make its activities persistent.
• Allows an application 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.
• Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
• Allows an application to read the user's call log.
• READ_CELL_BROADCASTS
• Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
• Allows an application to read from external storage.
• READ_INSTALL_SESSIONS
• Allows read only access to phone state.
• READ_PROFILE
• Allows an application to read SMS messages.
• READ_SOCIAL_STREAM
• Allows applications to read the sync settings.
• Allows applications to read the sync stats.
• READ_USER_DICTIONARY
• Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
• Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages.
• Allows an application to receive SMS messages.
• Allows an application to receive WAP push messages.
• Allows an application to record audio.
• Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.
• This constant was deprecated in API level 8. The restartPackage(String) API is no longer supported.
• Allows an application to send SMS messages.
• Allows applications to set the system time zone.
• Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
• Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.
• SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ
• SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE
• Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other apps.
• Allows using the device's IR transmitter, if available.
• This app may use the 'credentials' to log into an account. In most cases, 'credentials' just means the corresponding authenticator creates a fitting token and hands that over (though, how to deal with that is left to the authenticator). When using an account for the first time, the Account Manager should make sure the user is asked whether he permits this
• Allows an application to use SIP service.
• Allows access to the vibrator.
• Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
• Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
• Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's contacts data.
• Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
• Allows an application to write to external storage.
• WRITE_PROFILE
• Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
• WRITE_SMS
• WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM
• Allows applications to write the sync settings.
• WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY
• Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.
• Allows an application to read (but not write) the user's browsing history and bookmarks.
• Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's browsing history and bookmarks.
• Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher.
• Allows an application to uninstall a shortcut in Launcher.
• BILLING
• CHECK_LICENSE
• Allows an application to add voicemails into the system.
• RECEIVE
• ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION
• AD_ID_NOTIFICATION
• GOOGLE_AUTH
• OTHER_SERVICES
• YouTubeUser
• adsense
• adwords
• ah
• android
• androidsecure
• blogger
• cl
• cp
• dodgeball
• finance
• gbase
• grandcentral
• groups2
• health
• ig
• jotspot
• knol
• lh2
• local
• mail
• mobile
• news
• notebook
• orkut
• print
• sierra
• sierraqa
• sierrasandbox
• sitemaps
• speech
• speechpersonalization
• talk
• wifi
• wise
• writely
• youtube
• Allows the app to read the settings and shortcuts in Home
• READ_GSERVICES
• READ_ONLY
• WRITE_ONLY
• Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
• Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
• READ_OWNER_DATA
• WRITE_OWNER_DATA
• Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale.
• Allows an application to collect battery statistics
• ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER
• Allows the app to read the settings and shortcuts in Home
• Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
• SEND_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_INTENTS
• INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL
• Allows an application to install packages.
• Allows read only access to phone state.
• C2D_MESSAGE
• SHUTDOWN
• SYSTEM_OVERLAY_WINDOW
• NOTE THESE PERMISSIONS ARE UNAVOIDABLE AND CAN NOT BE DISABLED___