I believe it's actually slightly more than that, in that I think READ_LOGS is now a signatureOrSystem permission, meaning that it won't be graned for apps you install but only in the case that the app is part of the firmware.
Kris On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Saba <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Dominik for your clarification. > > > On Monday, 3 June 2013 22:10:37 UTC+5:30, Dominik Schürmann wrote: >> >> Hi Saba, >> >> when you install apps that requests READ_LOGS it will be not granted on >> installtion on Android >= 4.1. >> >> Regards >> Dominik >> >> On 03.06.2013 16:46, Saba wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > I noticed that some apps requesting permission to read system logs >> which I >> > don't want to provide. I read from a forum that this permission has >> been >> > removed in android 4.2 by default. So I believe even if I give the >> > permission , apps will not able to system logs in android 4.2. Am I >> right? >> > >> > Also what kind of information will be stored in system logs? Anyway to >> stop >> > writing system logs? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Saba >> > >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
