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oh, only a way for an attacker to take control of smartphone camera apps and remotely take photos, record video, spy on your conversations by recording them as you lift the phone to your ear, identify your location, and more. all of this performed silently, in the background, with the user none the wiser
access. by just requesting this single, commonplace permission, the app would be unlikely to set off user alarm bells. we are, after all, conditioned to question unnecessary and extensive permission requests rather than a single, common, one. this app, however, was far from harmless. it came in two parts...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/11/19/google-confirms-android-camera-security-threat-hundreds-of-millions-of-users-affected/