Timeline for Help understanding Whatsapp's permissions
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:18 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 12:44 | comment | added | Izzy | @sundar I took that part of your concern over here: Can the RECEIVE_SMS permission be used to intercept SMS messages? You're welcome to follow up (e.g. star it to see when someone answers). | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 11:30 | comment | added | Izzy |
I'm not sure about that. Yes, there's a separate READ_SMS permission. But I saw apps only requesting RECEIVE_SMS. What sense would that make? My guess is, READ_SMS is for already saved ones ("old" SMS, so to say). If I can "receive" an item, I have full access to it. Not sure about the "pass-on" part. Maybe a dev could shed some light here.
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 10:16 | comment | added | Sundar R | > with RECEIVE_SMS an app could theoretically "eat" your messages |end quote| But it couldn't read the SMS and then pass it on to a Messaging app, is it? It's either leave it alone or gobble it up, right? If so, I can live with that. | |
| Jun 8, 2014 at 20:09 | history | answered | Izzy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |