Android perimision "user's private information", "your personal information" , "read sensitive log data"

Question

Well I found this texts on many applications, that is when I install some app the require the android.permission.READ_LOGS permission, they show some text like "permission for reading read sensitive log data..." the thing I do not understood is what this sensitive log data means ?

Does it means that it can read my passwords ? What is the data in this logs ? I googled but I couldn't find anything , if you have some useful links it will be welcomed :-)

Thanks

log print which you need to print – Nikunj Patel Sep 08 '11 at 10:27 — Nikunj Patel, Sep 08 '11 at 10:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '11 at 12:28

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"Logs" in this case primarily refers to LogCat, to which any application can log whatever it wishes.

answered Sep 08 '11 at 12:28

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if just access logs that can be seen from logcat, why someone need to see the output from logcat ? why application such as TaskKiller need to read the logcat ? – Lukap Sep 15 '11 at 16:23
@Luk: You would have to ask their authors why they want that permission. – CommonsWare Sep 15 '11 at 18:56

Android perimision "user's private information", "your personal information" , "read sensitive log data"

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