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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by sspiff on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:19AM (#14794824)
On recent Android versions, permissions are prompted one by one, whenever an API that needs that permission is first called.

Each individual permission is prompted for and can individually be denies.

I personally consider this an improvement, though I realize many (probably most) users will just click through anyway.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by JoshTriplett on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:29AM (#14794862)
Only for updated apps. Apps written for an older Android API still demand every permission they want at install time.
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by pjmlp on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:33AM (#14794888)
On consumer shops Android 4.4 and 5.1 devices are still the ones being sold on the 100€ price range.

The permissions system was introduced on 6.0.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by JadeNB on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @02:19PM (#14806556)
I just got a Samsung G550T, which is just north of your stated price range (currently $120 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T-Mobile-Unlocked-Galaxy-Smar...) but does have Marshmallow.
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by JadeNB on Thursday July 20, 2017 @08:43AM (#14811951)
There's also the Nextbit Robin (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D9LVCAI) for just a hair more (currently $129 on Amazon). The product description says it's got Marshmallow, but, according to https://www.amazon.com/forum/-/Tx16RURIU0E0P5O , it's actually been upgraded to Nougat.
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