You checked your permissions. You may have missed half of them.

Malware targeting Android devices has increased, often exploiting permissions that users unknowingly grant. While Android's open nature makes it a target, you can protect your device by carefully ...

You can revoke special permissions that aren't needed.

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. First spotted after the June Google Play system update, this refreshed permissions prompt only appears for users running Android 16 ...

Not a battery problem, just forgotten permissions piling up.

Since Android 13, sideloaded apps have had a harder time getting accessibility permissions. Malicious apps often use them to try to breach the victim’s security and privacy, so Google has focused on ...

A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

Android 15 could introduce a new Enhanced Confirmation Mode that makes it harder for malicious apps to exploit an OS loophole. Android blocks users from easily enabling the Accessibility or ...

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...