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sheepttoday at 7:41 AM1 replyview on HN

I guess that makes sense. Since most non-privacy-focused Android distributions don't let users turn off the internet permission, keeping the permission secure likely ceased to be a priority.

The full list of bypasses is likely much larger because it doesn't fall in the scope of bug bounties.


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well_ackshuallytoday at 12:15 PM

permission.INTERNET has _never_ been a dangerous permission on android.