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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by jre on Friday December 13, 2013 @09:57AM (#6900757)
As long as the disallowed permissions simply return empty results (or random stuff) for the API calls, I don't see how this can break apps.
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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by king_jester on Friday December 13, 2013 @12:03PM (#6901547)
AFAIK, AppOps doesn't do this, it throws a java exception when the app code attempts to use a permission that has been disabled. Depending on how the code is structured, you may or may not have your app break/crash.
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