We actually have a paper which addresses this, and I think the statistics in the paper give a bit of information as to the numbers...
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jfoster/papers/spsm12.pdf kris On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM, JUF <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies for the n00b question, but why do many apps on the Play store ask > for Full Internet Access? > > According to the description of the Full Internet Access permission > <quote>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</quote>. > > My specific use case is looking at an alternative keyboard, but I don't like > the fact that they all seem to want Full Internet Access. Is there any kind > of vetting of the apps on the Play store to determine if they are safe (e.g. > won't email your passwords/credit card numbers to the mafia)? > > I'm also curious to know why Android doesn't have a built in Firewall, or at > least a more fine grained model of network permissions. I see that I can > install one if I "root" my tablet, but this in itself seems to expose me to > another set of risks. > > Any advice gratefully received. > > Cheers, > > JUF > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/qUP3SPtRKkQJ. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
