Article 4728H Google to yoink apps with an unauthorized Call Log or SMS habit from Android Play Store

Google to yoink apps with an unauthorized Call Log or SMS habit from Android Play Store

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Story Image'We take access to sensitive data and permissions very seriously...' No giggling, please

Paul Bankhead, director of product management at Google, has told programmers that apps in the Play Store that want access to SMS or Call Logs will start being removed unless the ad-slinger has OK'd the given developer's justification."

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