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ImranR98 / Obtainium

Get Android app updates straight from the source.
https://obtainium.imranr.dev
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What permissons does Obtanium need? #753

Closed peaklabs-dev closed 1 year ago

peaklabs-dev commented 1 year ago

What permissions does Obtanium need other than to install applications from unknown sources? I want to disable unknown sources for applications globally if possible and only allow Obtanium with this permission so that everything else is secure. Can I disable unknown sources for example for Signal and only allow it for Obtanium for security reasons (and updates and the app still work)?

ImranR98 commented 1 year ago

Obtainium needs network, notification, and app install permissions. The permissions you set for one app cannot affect the functionality of a different one - if Signal itself doesn't try to install apps (which I don't think it does), you don't need to give it the "install unknown apps" permission (I'm not sure you'd even have the option).