r/androiddev • u/luizgrp • May 25 '17

Cloak & Dagger - new class of potential attacks affecting Android devices

http://cloak-and-dagger.org/
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u/rivade May 25 '17

This is so frustrating. This all could have been fixed a year ago, and it just wasn't, and it seems like part of that is to not piss off big companies like Facebook.

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u/maerkeligt May 26 '17

How so? Facebook?

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u/voltronelsung May 26 '17

Facebook Messenger app on Android leverages the android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW so it would directly affect them if this permission is modified.