Game Space–secret app hider

Access to which apps you run, system logs, and your web browsing history

• Read system logs that may reveal what you do on your phoneread sensitive log data · READ_LOGS
• See the websites you've visited and the bookmarks saved in your browserread your Web bookmarks and history · com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
• See which apps are running or were recently used on your deviceretrieve running apps · GET_TASKS

Access to accounts on the device and your personal profile card

• See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accountsfind accounts on the device · GET_ACCOUNTS
• Add or remove accounts on your device and delete their saved passwordsadd or remove accounts · MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
• Read your own profile card on the phone, such as your name and contact detailsread your own contact card · READ_PROFILE
• Change your own profile card on the device, such as your name and contact detailsmodify your own contact card · WRITE_PROFILE

Access to your calendar events and their details

• See all events in your calendar, including details like guests, places and notesread calendar events plus confidential information · READ_CALENDAR
• Add, change or delete calendar events and email guests, without telling the calendar owneradd or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge · WRITE_CALENDAR

Access to the contacts saved on your phone

• See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accountsfind accounts on the device · GET_ACCOUNTS
• See every contact saved on your phone, including names, numbers and emailsread your contacts · READ_CONTACTS
• Add, change or delete contacts saved on your phonemodify your contacts · WRITE_CONTACTS

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

• Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
• Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
• Send extra commands to GPS and location services, which could affect how they workaccess extra location provider commands · ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS

Access to phone calls, call history, and voicemail

• Call phone numbers without your input, which may cost you moneydirectly call phone numbers · CALL_PHONE
• Add messages to your phone's voicemail inboxadd voicemail · com.android.voicemail.permission.ADD_VOICEMAIL
• See your phone number, device IDs, whether a call is active, and the other caller's numberread phone status and identity · READ_PHONE_STATE
• Make and receive internet phone callsmake/receive SIP calls · USE_SIP

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

• Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• Connect and disconnect removable storage like USB drives or SD cardsaccess USB storage filesystem · MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

• Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

• Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

• Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

• Talk directly to account sign-in services, the way Android's own account system doesact as the AccountManagerService · ACCOUNT_MANAGER
• Read custom words saved in your keyboard dictionary, which may include personal inforead terms you added to the dictionary · READ_USER_DICTIONARY
• Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
• Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online servicesuse accounts on the device · USE_CREDENTIALS
• Change device settings like screen brightness, ringtone or screen timeoutmodify system settings · WRITE_SETTINGS
• Add, change or delete your browser bookmarks and browsing historywrite web bookmarks and history · com.android.browser.permission.WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
• Act as a VPN that, once you allow it, routes your internet traffic through itselfbind to a VPN service · BIND_VPN_SERVICE
• Erase data saved by other apps on your phonedelete other apps' data · CLEAR_APP_USER_DATA
• Uninstall other apps from your phone without asking youdelete apps · DELETE_PACKAGES
• Install new apps on your phone without asking youdirectly install apps · INSTALL_PACKAGES
• Perform actions in other user profiles on the device; normally only for system appsinteract across users · INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
• Act with full access across all user profiles on the device; normally only system appsfull license to interact across users · INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL
• Create, remove, and manage user profiles on the device; normally only system appsmanage users · MANAGE_USERS
• See which apps you use and how often, if you allow usage accessupdate component usage statistics · PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
• Capture what is shown on your screen, like taking a screenshotread frame buffer · READ_FRAME_BUFFER
• Read posts and updates from you and your friends on social networksread your social stream · READ_SOCIAL_STREAM
• Ask your messaging app to send a quick text reply to an incoming callsend respond-via-message events · SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE
• Change protected system settings, like security options, that normal apps cannot touchmodify secure system settings · WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
• Add social updates to your feed that may look like they came from friendswrite to your social stream · WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM
• Read messages saved in your instant messaging (Google Talk) historyread instant messages · com.google.android.providers.talk.permission.READ_ONLY
• Add or change messages saved in your instant messaging (Google Talk) historywrite instant messages · com.google.android.providers.talk.permission.WRITE_ONLY
• Create its own accounts on your device and read or set their passwordscreate accounts and set passwords · AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
• See detailed battery use data, which can reveal which apps you useread battery statistics · BATTERY_STATS
• See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices · BLUETOOTH
• Turn Bluetooth on or off and find and pair with nearby Bluetooth devicesaccess Bluetooth settings · BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
• Change phone-wide settings like the display language or overall text sizechange system display settings · CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
• Change how your phone connects to networks, like switching connections on or offchange network connectivity · CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
• Receive data sent to all devices on your Wi-Fi network, which uses more batteryallow Wi-Fi Multicast reception · CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
• Connect to or disconnect from Wi-Fi networks and change saved Wi-Fi settingsconnect and disconnect from Wi-Fi · CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
• Connect or disconnect your phone from WiMAX mobile internet networksChange WiMAX state · CHANGE_WIMAX_STATE
• Delete other apps' cached files to free space, which can make them load slowerdelete all app cache data · CLEAR_APP_CACHE
• Temporarily turn off your screen lock, for example to show an incoming calldisable your screen lock · DISABLE_KEYGUARD
• Close other apps that are running in the backgroundclose other apps · KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
• Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
• Use NFC to talk with tags, cards and readers held close to your phonecontrol Near Field Communication · NFC
• Keep parts of itself running in memory, which can slow your phonemake app always run · PERSISTENT_ACTIVITY
• Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
• Bring apps to the front or send them to the backgroundreorder running apps · REORDER_TASKS
• Change your phone's time zoneset time zone · SET_TIME_ZONE
• Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
• Turn automatic syncing on or off for your accounts, like contacts or emailtoggle sync on and off · WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
• Read and write files in the device's system cache areaaccess the cache filesystem · ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM
• Use the phone's built-in download manager to download and manage filesAccess download manager. · ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER
• Connect to or disconnect from WiMAX, an older type of wireless internetconnect and disconnect from WiMAX · CHANGE_WIMAX_STATE
• Decide which apps are allowed to use which home-screen widgetschoose widgets · BIND_APPWIDGET
• Turn parts of other apps on or off, which may break their featuresenable or disable app components · CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE
• Turn your device on or offpower device on or off · DEVICE_POWER
• Download files in the background without showing you a download notificationdownload files without notification · DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
• Force other apps to close immediatelyforce stop other apps · FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES
• Control the phone's hardware parts directly, for hardware testingtest hardware · HARDWARE_TEST
• Remove apps from your recent apps list and close themstop running apps · REMOVE_TASKS
• Change the time on your phone's clockset time · SET_TIME
• Reopen apps from your recent apps liststart a task from recents · START_TASKS_FROM_RECENTS
• Turn off the status bar or add and remove its system iconsdisable or modify status bar · STATUS_BAR
• Act as the system status bar at the top of your screenstatus bar · STATUS_BAR_SERVICE
• Stop you from switching to another app while it is openprevent app switches · STOP_APP_SWITCHES
• Change the list of online feeds your accounts keep in syncwrite subscribed feeds · SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE
• Change the records of which apps used which permissions and whenmodify app ops statistics · UPDATE_APP_OPS_STATS
• Change or delete photos, videos and files in your phone's internal media storagemodify/delete internal media storage contents · WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE
• Add, change or remove shortcuts and settings on your home screenwrite Home settings and shortcuts · com.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
• Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
• Send system messages that stay stored after sending; heavy use can slow your phonesend sticky broadcast · BROADCAST_STICKY
• Pull down or close the notification panel at the top of your screenexpand/collapse status bar · EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
• Turn your phone's flashlight on and offcontrol flashlight · FLASHLIGHT
• Check how much storage space apps are usingmeasure app storage space · GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
• Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
• Check whether automatic sync is turned on for your accountsread sync settings · READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
• Change your phone's home screen or lock screen wallpaperset wallpaper · SET_WALLPAPER
• Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
• Add new words to your keyboard's personal dictionaryadd words to user-defined dictionary · WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY
• Set an alarm in your phone's clock appset an alarm · com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM
• Add shortcuts to your home screen without asking youinstall shortcuts · com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
• Remove app shortcuts from your home screen without asking youuninstall shortcuts · com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT
• Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
• Read Google service settings stored on your deviceread Google service configuration · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
• send SMS-received broadcastGoogle Play label
• send WAP-PUSH-received broadcastGoogle Play label
• See details about apps that are currently being installed or updatedRead install sessions · READ_INSTALL_SESSIONS
• See sync history for your accounts, such as when and how much data syncedread sync statistics · READ_SYNC_STATS
• Rotate your screen or lock it in portrait or landscape modechange screen orientation · SET_ORIENTATION
• Set how your wallpaper is sized on screenadjust your wallpaper size · SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS
• See which online feeds your accounts are currently syncingread subscribed feeds · SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ
• Use your phone's infrared transmitter to control TVs and other devicestransmit infrared · TRANSMIT_IR
• See the shortcuts and settings on your home screenread Home settings and shortcuts · com.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
• Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE