Re:Droppers Is How Android Malware Keeps Sneaking into the P...
by amelius on Friday July 20, 2018 @08:22AM
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I don't think that's the solution because apps may easily "bribe" the user into giving the app more access than it strictly needs. The bribing goes like: "sorry, but if you don't give me full access, then you can't use me". Simple, but very effective in most cases.
A better solution (imho) is to make the app think it has access, while in reality its access is limited to a sandbox.
Re:Droppers Is How Android Malware Keeps Sneaking into the P...
by scarface74 on Friday July 20, 2018 @08:41AM
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That’s still a problem with the OS. Why does any app need access to the file system instead of the users photo library or access to certain files in a document store where the app only has read access to files that the user explicitly chooses in a system provided file picker or can write files to a location that the user chooses?
Re:Droppers Is How Android Malware Keeps Sneaking into the P...
by scarface74 on Friday July 20, 2018 @09:37AM
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It’s fine that it’s an option but there is still nothing on the OS stopping an app from getting more permission. Why is the other permission even an option?
If a photo management app needs access to your photos, you should be able to give it access to your photo library.