Assessing Permission Request Abuse in Flashlight Apps for Android
The Avast blog published the results of a study of the permissions requested by applications presented in the Google Play catalog with the implementation of flashlights for the Android platform. In total, 937 flashlights were found in the catalogue, of which elements of malicious or unwanted activity were identified in seven, and the rest can be considered “clean”. 408 applications requested 10 or fewer credentials, and 262 applications required […]