{"id":5164,"date":"2019-01-17T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/google-play-is-killing-android-apps-that-ask-for-sms-or-call-log-permissions\/"},"modified":"2019-01-17T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T09:00:09","slug":"google-play-is-killing-android-apps-that-ask-for-sms-or-call-log-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=5164","title":{"rendered":"Google Play Is Killing Android Apps That Ask For SMS or Call Log Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/google-play-apps\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/46904\/thumbnail\/default\/AndroidMalware230px.jpg\" alt=\"Google Play Is Killing Android Apps That Ask For SMS or Call Log Permissions\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nGoogle is facing a serious issue with privacy and malicious apps on the Google Play store for Android users. 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