>They collect a range of sensitive information such as location, texts and calls, as well as audio and video.
This sentence ruins the credibility of the article because Android doesn't let you do this. The camera, microphone, can only be used when an app is in the foreground. For location data being tracked in the background it will have a persistent notification telling the user that an app has your location. For an app to read your call log or SMSs it has to be set as the phone's default phone or SMS app.
This combined with androids reminders to review the permissions for apps that have dangerous permissions and Play Protect which can detect and remove spyware this article is giving Android much less credit than it deserves.
This sentence ruins the credibility of the article because Android doesn't let you do this. The camera, microphone, can only be used when an app is in the foreground. For location data being tracked in the background it will have a persistent notification telling the user that an app has your location. For an app to read your call log or SMSs it has to be set as the phone's default phone or SMS app.
This combined with androids reminders to review the permissions for apps that have dangerous permissions and Play Protect which can detect and remove spyware this article is giving Android much less credit than it deserves.