App Stores & The Illusion Of Control Part II

This report analyzes permissions across 75,000+ Google Play Android apps, quantifying dangerous permission prevalence (e.g., location 36%, phone state 46%, SMS 7%, contacts 10%, Internet 90%) and highlighting threats such as premium SMS fraud, interception of two‑factor authentication via READ_SMS, privacy abuses by advertising libraries using device identifiers, and provides pragmatic user recommendations (use trusted app stores, avoid rooted devices, scrutinize permissions).