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| author | Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org> | 2025-01-14 17:44:24 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org> | 2025-02-10 04:00:51 -0500 |
| commit | 24e910506ae96d95e416af87de5e99b7bc174707 (patch) | |
| tree | 12858581c7ad29dbd6679348b7f7da5e394b5052 /static/faq.html | |
| parent | 560226adae07e93ddd41f34438a2d947c13b0b24 (diff) | |
default SMS app is a special case with IMEI access
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| -rw-r--r-- | static/faq.html | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 1a1eeb15..f7cacf20 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -676,8 +676,11 @@ identifiers such as the serial number, MAC addresses, IMEIs/MEIDs, SIM card serial numbers and subscriber IDs. Only privileged apps included in the base system with <code>READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE</code> whitelisted can access these hardware - identifiers. Apps targeting Android 10 will receive a <code>SecurityException</code> - and older apps will receive an empty value for compatibility.</p> + identifiers. Apps targeting Android 10 will receive a + <code>SecurityException</code> and older apps will receive an empty value for + compatibility. The default SMS app is a special case that's given access to the + IMEI, which is normally the GrapheneOS fork of the AOSP Messaging app unless + users explicitly change it to another app.</p> <p>Since these restrictions became standard, GrapheneOS only makes a small change to remove a legacy form of access to the serial number by legacy apps, which was still |