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When I go to the descitption of a certain app that have android.permission.CAMERA in application inspector it says : "...to take photos and videos at anytime"

I find it confusing and would like to know if anytime refers to anytime when the app is active i.e. open, or any time like it can activate it self in a background process and access the mentioned device.

The only doc i could find is https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/usage-notes but it does not answer my question.

J.Zagdoun
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It is possible to take pictures/videos without showing the preview. But it is complicated depending on the android version. There is even a libary which handles it:

android-hidden-camera

Erythrozyt
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