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We need a section about third-party tracking.

*[https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use Here] you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES ~~<code>~~QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES</code>] can be abused.

*[https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use Here] you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so <code>[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES]</code> can be abused.

*The fact that [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET] is not a [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime "dangerous"] permission, is no surprise because [[Google|gluegle]] loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard NetGuard], which [[Talk:Google#they_REALLY_despise_ad-blockers | gluegle forbids from blocking host-names simply because it can be used to block ads]]

*The fact that <code>[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET]</code> is not a [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime "dangerous"] permission, is no surprise because [[Google|gluegle]] loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard NetGuard], which [[Talk:Google#they_REALLY_despise_ad-blockers | gluegle forbids from blocking host-names simply because it can be used to block ads]]

Apps like [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64 AIDA64] and [https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager AppManager] can access '''a lot more''' info about the device, by default, which implies that other apps can abuse permissions to do '''excessive [[~~Device_fingerprint|~~fingerprinting]]'''.

Apps like [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64 AIDA64] and [https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager AppManager] can access '''a lot more''' info about the device, by default, which implies that other apps can abuse permissions to do '''excessive [[fingerprinting]]'''.

[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:15, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

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 We need a section about third-party tracking.
-*[https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use Here] you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES <code>QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES</code>] can be abused.
+*[https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use Here] you can see how apps bypass play-store policies to enumerate almost all installed apps. Outside of play-store, there's no such policy, so <code>[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES]</code> can be abused.
-*The fact that [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET] is not a [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime "dangerous"] permission, is no surprise because [[Google|gluegle]] loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard NetGuard], which [[Talk:Google#they_REALLY_despise_ad-blockers | gluegle forbids from blocking host-names simply because it can be used to block ads]]
+*The fact that <code>[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET]</code> is not a [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime "dangerous"] permission, is no surprise because [[Google|gluegle]] loves ads. This forces users to install apps such as [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard NetGuard], which [[Talk:Google#they_REALLY_despise_ad-blockers | gluegle forbids from blocking host-names simply because it can be used to block ads]]
-Apps like [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64 AIDA64] and [https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager AppManager] can access '''a lot more''' info about the device, by default, which implies that other apps can abuse permissions to do '''excessive [[Device_fingerprint|fingerprinting]]'''.
+Apps like [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64 AIDA64] and [https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager AppManager] can access '''a lot more''' info about the device, by default, which implies that other apps can abuse permissions to do '''excessive [[fingerprinting]]'''.
 [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:15, 13 November 2025 (UTC)