Do you know apps running on your Android smartphone currently have unrestricted access to any network activity on your device (without explicitly seeking user permission)?

You probably don't, but it's serious privacy issue, as any app can collect data such as when other apps are connecting to the Internet and even what server they are connecting to.

Now Google is finally plugging this loophole. A new code change has been committed to the Android Open Source Project that's aimed at preventing apps (with few exceptions) from exploiting this access.

This means future Android P developer preview versions will feature this change, and likely the final Android P OS as well. There's currently no information on if and when the change will be made available to current and older Android OS versions.

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