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• Your accounts

  create accounts and set passwords

  Allows the app to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.

  add or remove accounts

  Allows the app to perform operations like adding and removing accounts, and deleting their password.

• Services that cost you money

  directly call phone numbers

  Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Note that this doesn't allow the app to call emergency numbers. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation.

• Hardware controls

  take pictures and videos

  Allows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation.

• Your location

  approximate location (network-based)

  Allows the app to get your approximate location. This location is derived by location services using network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Apps may use this to determine approximately where you are.

  precise location (GPS and network-based)

  Allows the app to get your precise location using the Global Positioning System (GPS) or network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.

• Network communication

  full network access

  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

• Your personal information

  read your contacts

  Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your tablet, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge. Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.

  modify your contacts

  Allows the app to modify the data about your contacts stored on your tablet, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific contacts. This permission allows apps to delete contact data. Allows the app to modify the data about your contacts stored on your phone, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific contacts. This permission allows apps to delete contact data.

• Phone calls

  read phone status and identity

  Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.

• Storage

  modify or delete the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your SD card

  Allows the app to write to the USB storage. Allows the app to write to the SD card.

• System tools

  retrieve running apps

  Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. This may allow the app to discover information about which applications are used on the device.

  prevent tablet from sleeping prevent phone from sleeping

  Allows the app to prevent the tablet from going to sleep. Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

  reorder running apps

  Allows the app to move tasks to the foreground and background. The app may do this without your input.

  toggle sync on and off

  Allows an app to modify the sync settings for an account. For example, this can be used to enable sync of the People app with an account.

  draw over other apps

  Allows the app to draw on top of other applications or parts of the user interface. They may interfere with your use of the interface in any application, or change what you think you are seeing in other applications.

• Your accounts

  find accounts on the device

  Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the tablet. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed. Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.

• Hardware controls

  control vibration

  Allows the app to control the vibrator.

• Network communication

  view Wi-Fi connections

  Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.

  view network connections

  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.

  receive data from Internet

  Allows apps to accept cloud to device messages sent by the app's service. Using this service will incur data usage. Malicious apps could cause excess data usage.

  download files without notification

  Allows the app to download files through the download manager without any notification being shown to the user.

• System tools

  run at startup

  Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the tablet and allow the app to slow down the overall tablet by always running. Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.

  read sync settings

  Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.

• Default

  test access to protected storage test access to protected storage

  Allows the app to test a permission for USB storage that will be available on future devices. Allows the app to test a permission for the SD card that will be available on future devices.

  write call log

  Allows the app to modify your tablet's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls. Malicious apps may use this to erase or modify your call log. Allows the app to modify your phone's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls. Malicious apps may use this to erase or modify your call log.

  read battery statistics

  Allows an application to read the current low-level battery use data. May allow the application to find out detailed information about which apps you use.

  read call log

  Allows the app to read your tablet's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls. This permission allows apps to save your call log data, and malicious apps may share call log data without your knowledge. Allows the app to read your phone's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls. This permission allows apps to save your call log data, and malicious apps may share call log data without your knowledge.