{"id":7145,"date":"2021-04-02T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2021\/04\/02\/google-is-restricting-apps-from-seeing-all-installed-apps-for-privacy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-03T01:27:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:27:50","slug":"google-is-restricting-apps-from-seeing-all-installed-apps-for-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2021\/04\/02\/google-is-restricting-apps-from-seeing-all-installed-apps-for-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Is Restricting Apps From Seeing All Installed Apps For Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to XDA-Developers Google is restricting apps from being able to see the other installed apps on your device. This change comes via the Developer Program Policy which now makes it harder for the apps to see other installed apps. This is a great new feature that many should really like.<br \/>\nGoogle says that it regards the full list of installed apps on a user\u2019s device to be personal and sensitive information. Due to this fact, the company will limit which apps can access this information. Google is keeping users&#8217; privacy safe with different approaches lately. So this change seems to fit in line with its other moves.<br \/>\nGoogle says it will be restricting which apps can request the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission specifically. As of now, this is required for any apps targeting API level 30 (Android 11) and above that want to query the list of installed apps.<br \/>\nGoing forward to use the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission will require for the app&#8217;s functionality to depend on it. To clarify, an app&#8217;s functionality must depend on accessing the list of installed apps.<br \/>\nIn order to enforce this, developers will have to \u201csufficiently justify why a less intrusive method of app visibility will not sufficiently enable your app\u2019s policy-compliant user-facing core functionality\u201d.<br \/>\nGoogle is restricting apps from accessing a users&#8217; list of installed packages<br \/>\nThe outline of permitted uses of the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission is below:<br \/>\nPermitted use involves apps that must discover any and all installed apps on the device, for awareness or interoperability purposes may have eligibility for the permission. Permitted use includes; device search, antivirus apps, file managers, and browsers.<br \/>\nNow if an app does not meet these requirements then the developer must remove the permission to stay compliant. Developers whose apps do meet the requirements can use the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission, but the developers must sign a declaration form.<br \/>\nFailure to submit the form to the Play Console will result in the removal of the developers\u2019 app. Starting May 5, 2021, is when the new change will take effect. In November this year, Google will require all apps to target API 30 at a minimum.<br \/>\nWith the focus on privacy becoming more and more mainstream this is a great policy change that Google is enforcing. Sometimes apps that can see your full list of installed apps can spy on you. Some malicious third parties may even be able to spy on your device usage.<br \/>\nSome apps can inundate users with apps thanks to device usage information.\u00a0 \u00a0Nobody likes being flooded with ads, especially when it seems like related ads seem like they\u2019re psychic.<br \/>\nThe post Google Is Restricting Apps From Seeing All Installed Apps For Privacy appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Google-Building-Logo-AH-2019-1-600x338-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to XDA-Developers Google is restricting apps from being able to see the other installed apps on your device. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":7146,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7147,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions\/7147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}