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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by sleepychu on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:26AM (#14794848)
So is the experience:

"Hacked Up Pokemon Go needs thse permissions" (all of them) (deny, allow), user has been trained that if they deny a permission the app won't work so they click allow?

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by ClassyJacket on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:46AM (#14794930)
I would assume it simply doesn't use the Android 6 permission system, so the user gets no option to deny.
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