Once you grant permission to an app, Bouncer quietly revokes it after you're done setting up or using an app. The next time you open that app, you can allow the permission again if needed. Every time ...

Apple is requiring apps that access your contact information to explicitly request access. Annoying extra step or critical privacy measure? Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ ...

Discover how simple tweaks to your app permissions can significantly extend your phone's battery life. Learn which permissions to adjust and how to optimize your device for longer-lasting power.

You don’t want to worry about an app unnecessarily having access to other parts of your phone, and you can control this by limiting its permissions. This means you can change settings that specify ...

Are you having difficulty remembering which apps you have given to certain permissions on your iOS device? Rather than checking them individually, you can reset them all at once and then give access ...

When was the last time you checked what the apps on your phone are allowed to do? If you're like most people, the answer is probably "I don't know." We download and install apps all the time, often ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Smartphones and apps have become a major part of our daily lives but we may be giving them more permissions than we realize. Most of us don’t pay a lot of ...

Google has removed yet another batch of awful Android apps from the Google Play Store for breaking the company’s terms of service. The roundup includes 101 apps ...

An automated Google warning to Android app developers regarding mobile app permissions has cut the number of requests in half. Overzealous Android apps that needlessly ask for permissions to handset ...

Android critics often point to the operating system’s lack of control over apps as a threat to user security, and this is yet again proving to be true. Security firm Leviathan Security has discovered ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Currently, Wear OS apps have permissions separate from those granted to apps on your phone. For example, if you download the ...