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Issue 29363713:
No issue - Help Center Adblock Plus topics (Closed)
Patch Set: Draft 5
Created June 1, 2017, 4:37 p.m.
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| 1 ## Why does Adblock Browser for Android require so many permissions? | |
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| 3 Generally, browsers require more permissions than regular apps to be able to pro vide web applications the ability to use hardware functionality such as camera, microphone, etc. (e.g. uploading images from your camera). | |
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| 5 Since Adblock Browser is based on the Firefox platform, it asks for the exact sa me permissions to do the same things Firefox does. Android requires that you acc ept all permissions in order to install the app. By doing so, you recognize that you’re aware of what Adblock Browser for Android is able to do. | |
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| 7 Adblock Browser for Android requests access to the following permissions: | |
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| 9 - **Device & app history** - Allows the app to view information about activity o n the device, which apps are running, browsing history and/or bookmarks, e.g. al lowing apps to interact with one another when transferring bookmarks. | |
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| 11 - **Identity** - May be used to find accounts on your device, read your contact information or modify accounts, e.g. enabling the app to recognize an incoming c all and pausing the current app in the background. | |
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| 13 - **Location** - Uses the device’s location when you choose to share your locati on with a website like Google Maps. | |
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| 15 - **Photos/Media/Files** - May be used to read or modify information on your dev ice’s external storage, e.g. accessing video stored on an SD card to upload to s ocial media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. | |
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| 17 - **Camera** - Uses the device’s camera(s), e.g. uploading images or videos to s ocial media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. | |
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| 19 - **Microphone** - Uses the device’s microphone(s), e.g. voice-to-text recogniti on in Google Voice Search. | |
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| 21 - **Wi-Fi connection information** - Allows the app to view information about Wi -Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and names of connected Wi-Fi de vices. | |
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| 23 If you need more information, please refer to [this FAQ](https://support.mozilla .org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-android-use-permissions-it-requests) from Mozilla. | |
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