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Re:A Message to Our Customers by curt15 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @07:17AM (#11117302)
And it can reportedly grant itself new permissions without the user's knowledge, bypassing a fundamental security mechanism of Android (any Android devs know how this is done?). http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-sl...
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Re:A Message to Our Customers by kennydude on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:23AM (#11117634)
Google Play Store manages the permission dialog for apps installed via Play Store (Play Services is one). It just doesn't show it for Play Services and just auto-accepts installation.
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