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androidgoogle-cloud-messagingandroid-permissionsandroid-6.0-marshmallow
user3420815
user3420815

Reputation: 805

GET_ACCOUNTS permission dangerous?

I'm trying to update my application to support v23 properly especially in terms of the new permission model. Unfortunately I'm kinda confused when it comes to the GET_ACCOUNTS permission. According to Table 1 (Dangerous permissions and permission groups) the GET_ACCOUNTS permission is classified as dangerous though when you look at the Manifest.permission docs the Protection Level is set to normal which basically means that I don't need to request the permission from the user.
I've looked at the App Info -> Permissions page and the contacts permission can be revoked which seems to indicate that it is indeed a dangerous permission.

So basically the questions are:

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4930

Answers (1)

greywolf82
greywolf82

Reputation: 22173

Yes, the permission is dangerous since dp3. And no with the latest Google play services, this permission is not needed to use GCM.

Upvotes: 1

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