| read your text messages (SMS or MMS) Allows the app to read SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. This allows the app to read all SMS messages, regardless of content or confidentiality. |
| edit your text messages (SMS or MMS) Allows the app to write to SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious apps may delete your messages. |
| read your contacts Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge. |
| modify your contacts Allows the app to modify the data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific contacts. This permission allows apps to delete contact data. |
| receive text messages (SMS) Allows the app to receive and process SMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you. |
| take pictures and videos Allows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation. |
| modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Allows the app to write to the USB storage. |
| send SMS messages Allows the app to send SMS messages. This may result in unexpected charges. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation. |
| directly call phone numbers Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Note that this doesn't allow the app to call emergency numbers. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation. |
| find accounts on the device Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the device. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed. |
| read phone status and identity Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call. |
| full network access Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet. |
| view network connections Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected. |
| view Wi-Fi connections Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices. |
| run at startup Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the app to slow down the overall device by always running. |
| control vibration Allows the app to control the vibrator. |
| prevent device from sleeping Allows the app to prevent the device from going to sleep. |
| add or remove accounts Allows the app to perform operations like adding and removing accounts, and deleting their password. |
| create accounts and set passwords Allows the app to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords. |
| use accounts on the device Allows the app to request authentication tokens. |
| read sync statistics Allows an app to read the sync stats for an account, including the history of sync events and how much data is synced. |
| read sync settings Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account. |
| toggle sync on and off Allows an app to modify the sync settings for an account. For example, this can be used to enable sync of the People app with an account. |
| modify system settings Allows the app to modify the system's settings data. Malicious apps may corrupt your system's configuration. |
| read the contents of your USB storage Allows the app to read the contents of your USB storage. |
