Google begins to delete apps that access sms and calls

Google already announced a few months ago its intention to block applications that request permissions to access SMS and calls to work, in those apps for which it was not necessary. Finally, today the company begins to remove these applications from the Play Store. So they make it clear that the ad released in the fall was totally serious.

Google begins to delete apps that access SMS and calls

For applications that are based on these permissions to work (messages or phone apps) the permissions are tightened, although they will not be removed from the Play Store. New rules will apply to them.

Google changes its rules

The situation is different for those Android applications that do not need SMS or call permissions to work, but request access to them. In this case, if the operation of the app and its permissions have not been modified, it will be removed from the Play Store. Google has already started to remove some of these apps in the app store, which were already warned but have made no changes.

Applications will have to fill out a form and demonstrate that having access to these permissions is something that contributes to their proper functioning. Some have already done so, such as Cerberus. But those who do not show it, are not going to run a good luck in the Play Store. It is an exhaustive, but important process.

What many criticize is that Google changes the rules in the Play Store, making them stricter, but these changes do not seem to apply to their own applications. Something that is generating controversy among users.

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