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Stop spying on each other on April 6, 2021, 7:34 Recap: In Google's continuous effort to upgrade its privacy and security policies, the company is now limiting the use of broad app visibility to see which other apps are installed. Starting May 5, Google will only allow the apps that meet specific requirements to see which other apps are installed in a device. In Google's announcement of the upcoming changes to the Developer Program Policy, the company stated only select apps will be allowed to use the "QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" permission a.k.a. broad app visibility. Those app...

TechShout - Apr 6, 2021 Are you aware that any single app on your smartphone can see every other app that you have installed on your device, thus accessing sensitive information like dating preferences, banking information, political affiliation and password management etc? Google has announced to change this system on its Play Store from May 5. In an update, Google has said that app developers will have to provide a solid reason for why the tech giant should let them access other apps on users’ smartphones, reports arstechnica. Currently, Android 11 apps that request the “Query_All_Pac...

Google Is Restricting Apps From Seeing All Installed Apps For Privacy Google will now restrict Android apps from being able to see which all apps are installed on a smartphone. Akarsh Verma | April 4, 2021 | Updated 12:27 IST Highlights Google has announced an update to its Developer Program Policy. The policy update will help prevent applications from viewing which other apps are installed on an Android device. Apple made a similar change to its mobile operating system in 2015 to prevent advertisers from accessing app download data. Google today announced a series of policy updates for apps...

Starting May 5th, developers will need to justify why their app needs to see other installed apps on your phone, or risk Google removing their app.

WASHINGTON : If you are one of them who feels insecure while new Google apps installation on Play Store demand for seeing other data on your phone, then