{"id":269057,"date":"2026-06-10T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/this-one-missing-privacy-feature-could-be-the-galaxy-s26-and-pixel-10s-biggest-weakness\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:40:14","slug":"this-one-missing-privacy-feature-could-be-the-galaxy-s26-and-pixel-10s-biggest-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/this-one-missing-privacy-feature-could-be-the-galaxy-s26-and-pixel-10s-biggest-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"This one missing privacy feature could be the Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10’s biggest weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This one missing privacy feature could be the Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10’s biggest weakness<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/honor-gets-new-virtual-permissions-feature_id180991<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-10 03:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.phonearena.com<\/a><\/p>\n

With hackers and malicious actors coming up with new techniques every day to steal your data, it’s more important than ever to give priority to the privacy features of your smartphone. Honor is soon going to introduce a very important privacy capability that you would wish for on your Android smartphone as well.<\/p>\n

Honor is addressing an important privacy concern of Android phones<\/h2>\n

If you have been using Android smartphones for some time, then you must be aware that whenever you launch a newly installed application, it asks for certain permissions. For instance, when you install a photo editing app, then you will have to grant access to your gallery so that it can grab photos from it and you can edit them later. However, some shady apps might ask you to provide the rights to access things that you are aware are not needed for their functionality. For instance, the same photo editing app might show a pop-up to allow it to access your call history or messages. To deal with such situations, Honor has introduced a new Virtual Permissions feature.<\/p>\n

What is Honor’s Virtual Permissions feature?<\/h2>\n

Virtual Permissions is the feature that Honor has come up with to deal with situations when apps ask for permissions that you really don’t want to give them. It basically gives a blank permission to the apps.
\nSo, when you allow an untrusted application access to all the services it needs to function properly, the feature ensures that the app gets empty data in return. For instance, if you grant access to your contacts, the Virtual Permission capability will make sure that the app sees an empty contact list instead of your actual contacts. This way, the app will get the permission it needs to function, and your data will also remain protected.<\/p>\n

How to enable Virtual Permissions on Honor phones <\/h2>\n

The Virtual Permissions feature is available with MagicOS 10.0.160. The company has already started rolling out the update to all the eligible…
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