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Reduce permissions set

Google Play describes the app as needing:

This app has access to:
Photos/Media/Files

    read the contents of your USB storage
    modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Location

    precise location (GPS and network-based)
    approximate location (network-based)

Microphone

    record audio

Storage

    read the contents of your USB storage
    modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Wi-Fi connection information

    view Wi-Fi connections

Camera

    take pictures and videos

Other

    download files without notification
    receive data from Internet
    prevent device from sleeping
    run at startup
    change your audio settings
    view network connections
    control vibration
    full network access
    install shortcuts
    uninstall shortcuts
$ aapt d xmltree tor-browser-10.0.4-android-aarch64-multi.apk AndroidManifest.xml | grep android.permission
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.INTERNET" (Raw: "android.permission.INTERNET")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" (Raw: "android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" (Raw: "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" (Raw: "android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" (Raw: "android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" (Raw: "android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.CAMERA" (Raw: "android.permission.CAMERA")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" (Raw: "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.VIBRATE" (Raw: "android.permission.VIBRATE")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC" (Raw: "android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" (Raw: "android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" (Raw: "android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION" (Raw: "android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" (Raw: "android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT" (Raw: "android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" (Raw: "android.permission.WAKE_LOCK")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" (Raw: "android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS")
      A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" (Raw: "android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED")
        A: android:permission(0x01010006)="android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE" (Raw: "android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE")
        A: android:permission(0x01010006)="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" (Raw: "com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND")
        A: android:permission(0x01010006)="android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE" (Raw: "android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE")

We need:

  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE

We should keep and/or we probably need:

  • android.permission.CAMERA
  • android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
  • android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES
  • android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
  • android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
  • android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
  • android.permission.VIBRATE
  • android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK

We can probably delete:

  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND