To me, it’s gotta be the microphone

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This depends on what you’re trying to defend against. In my opinion (on GrapheneOS):

  • “Accessibility” permission (i.e. full control of the device)
  • “Network” permission
  • “Modify system settings” permission
  • “Install unknown apps” permission
  • Any permission that allows apps to communicate with one another (such as a reduced sandbox, file permission, or app communication scopes)

Those are the only permissions that I can think of off the top of my head that could potentially allow an app to phone home. Turning off Wi-Fi for the device does little if the app also has the “Wi-Fi control” permission.

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I know, but since we’re referring to permissions here, I wanted to refer to each of them by the permission names.

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