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Ask HN: Are Android apps a security threat?

2 pointsby MTemeralmost 9 years ago
Next week I&#x27;m moving from Cyanogenmod 13 to stock Android M. I no longer have PrivacyGuard and I&#x27;m not going to root my phones anymore.<p>With that in mind, how can I protect my contact list and personal files when I install new apps?<p>Let&#x27;s say I want to install a double tap to unlock app but I&#x27;m worried they might be malware. It&#x27;s impossible to just use apps from certain developers so, HN, can I just install anything I want or do I need some kind of evaluation method? If I never click on &quot;Allow this app to read my contacts&quot; it won&#x27;t do any harm? If an app shows some ads on my lockscreen I could just remove it, that&#x27;s ok. But can it make more damage than that?

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