Introduced android.permission.PEERS_MAC_ADDRESS permission
Introduced signature-level permission android.permission.PEERS_MAC_ADDRESS.
It allows access to MAC addresses of WiFi and Bluetooth peer devices, without
having location permission or even if location is turned off.
Bug: 21852542
Bug: 22728628
Change-Id: If0ff80636e57b38dbedc8fcf5f520a3a6d6f734e
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3e22e09..f9cdd72 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -960,9 +960,7 @@
android:label="@string/permlab_changeWimaxState"
android:protectionLevel="normal" />
- <!--@SystemApi Allows applications to the the local WiFi and Bluetooth MAC address.
- @hide
- -->
+ <!-- Allows applications to act as network scorers. @hide @SystemApi-->
<permission android:name="android.permission.SCORE_NETWORKS"
android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
@@ -2582,10 +2580,16 @@
<permission android:name="android.permission.KILL_UID"
android:protectionLevel="signature|installer" />
- <!-- Allows applications to act as network scorers. @hide @SystemApi-->
+ <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to read the local WiFi and Bluetooth MAC address.
+ @hide -->
<permission android:name="android.permission.LOCAL_MAC_ADDRESS"
android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
+ <!-- @SystemApi Allows access to MAC addresses of WiFi and Bluetooth peer devices.
+ @hide -->
+ <permission android:name="android.permission.PEERS_MAC_ADDRESS"
+ android:protectionLevel="signature" />
+
<!-- Allows the Nfc stack to dispatch Nfc messages to applications. Applications
can use this permission to ensure incoming Nfc messages are from the Nfc stack
and not simulated by another application.