What data can apps access without requesting additional permission?

Hi guys,

I’d like to share an interesting article on what data apps can read from your phone without requesting additional permissions.
I think that’s one more aspect which shows how broken the Android ecosystem actually as and how important it is to actually only install apps which you trust and are certainly sure of that they do not track you. The things any app can do on your phone is definitely enough to fingerprint your phone or track your usage behaviour.

Check the article out here on github:

The authors also created a proof-of-concept app for the mentioned issues:

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