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You would probably need a custom rom to accomplish that. android.stackexchange.com might be a better place to inquire about custom roms. –  Cheryl Simon Nov 30 '10 at 19:39
Custom roms are built out of the components which are already available. But thanks for the pointer about android specific stackexchange site. If there no such tool to sandbox the rogue app, I am going to start a project to create such a tool. –  Denis Nikolaenko Dec 1 '10 at 17:37
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You could download the Android SDK and use an emulator to test our the applications. You could then set info like your phone book and test out how the app is using that data.

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Yes, SDK emulator is a viable option. But what if I want to actually use that application? –  Denis Nikolaenko Dec 8 '10 at 12:34
Why would you want to use an application that is asking for more permissions than it should have? The only reasons I can think of for an app to do that are lazy coding or malicious intent. Neither promises a worthwhile user experience. –  James McMurray Jan 4 '11 at 18:07
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There is a TISSA prototype application, but it is not released, yet. In CyanogenMod 7 there is a setting to revoke application permissions, but if the app expects the API to return something useful instead of failing, it will crash, it is still not faking data.

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I have found many aricles about TISSA published in 2011 but no article published in 2012. Is TISSA alive? Is it more than "it would be nice to to have"? –  k3b Sep 21 '12 at 6:04
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i just found the free LBE Privacy Guard for rooted phones. It pretends to protect sms, Internet access, contacts, Call Logs, Positioning, Phone ID, Phone Call and phone state.

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