As of android lollipop, you probably don't need to install any flashlight apps since one is built in to the OS now... On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 2:53 AM Jumbo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Read_Phone_State permission provides "read only access to phone state" , > apps using this permission could read device/phone data and also some > personal information. Whether to use the app with this permission depends > on the kind of application that is requesting permission, if it is a > flashlight app and needs to read phone state then it's definitely > suspicious. You need to verify if that app needs read_phone_state > permission and if app source is trustable if not i would suggest > unistalling that app and use any other legit ones instead. > > http://www.androidcentral.com/look-application-permissions has some more > info on this and few other permissions. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
