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Android 15 set to add extra protection to OTP notifications

Third-party apps are to be blocked from reading sensitive notifications.

Code found within Android 14 QPR Beta 1 contains a “receive sensitive notifications” permission, which would block many apps from reading those messages. The permission itself is tied to a new platform feature currently in development, designed to prevent untrusted apps from accessing sensitive notifications. Steven Shaw is a full-time freelancer, but before he changed his career at the start of 2021, he was in the retail industry, leading teams to achieve goals in selling technology products, such as smartphones, tablets, and more.

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