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Flashlight apps could be your phone's biggest security risk

  • September 10, 2019
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September 10, 2019 By Mike Moore

Avast survey finds many apps ask for unnecessary premissions



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Flashlight apps could be putting your Android phone at risk of coming under cyberattack, new research has claimed.

A report from Avast found that Android flashlight apps request an average of 25 permissions, such as audio recording and contact information, to apparently function properly.

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    • September 10, 2019
    Thank you for the warning Jeff,

    I immediately checked my apps and the Flashlight isn't mentioned. So it looks like my Flashlight is by Samsung's built in apps. You can use it in Emergency situations. So I don't think it's a Google Play Store app. Which is good to know but it may have ALOT of permissions attached to it to where I cannot change..

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