Testing Restricted Settings of Android 13 on an emulator

Android 13 introduced a new security measure called “Restricted Settings”. The measure is meant to limit access to notification settings and accessibility settings, due to numerous malware abusing those to gain [more or less] total access to your smartphone.

However, the security measure is only triggered for “third-party” applications. There is no Restricted Settings:

• When the application is downloaded from a trusted marketplace (e.g. Play Store), or more precisely when the application is installed using a session-based package installer. This …

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