--- title: "Your Android phone has a hidden dashboard that shows which apps are spying on you" url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-android-phone-has-a-hidden-dashboard-that-shows-which-apps-are-spying-on-you-lzqwxeenn source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-privacy-dashboard-app-tracking-permissions type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-28T20:31:29.989Z updated: 2026-05-28T21:05:19.933Z tags: ["security", "android", "privacy"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your Android phone has a hidden dashboard that shows which apps are spying on you **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android has a built-in Privacy Dashboard that shows which apps have accessed sensitive permissions like location, contacts, and microphone in the past 24 hours, complete with timestamps. Found under Settings > Security & Privacy > Privacy Dashboard, it provides a more user-friendly view than the standard permission manager. The dashboard can reveal surprising apps accessing permissions unnecessarily — such as a banking app or call-screening app requesting location — allowing users to revoke unneeded access. It can be combined with battery usage stats and Google Play Protect scans for a more complete privacy audit. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Hidden Cost of Convenience: What Android Permissions Are Really Tracking](https://daily.dev/posts/the-hidden-cost-of-convenience-what-android-permissions-are-really-tracking-cy9omcohu) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Samsung's best privacy features are buried in One UI, and I wish I'd found them sooner](https://daily.dev/posts/samsung-s-best-privacy-features-are-buried-in-one-ui-and-i-wish-i-d-found-them-sooner-uev98gex3) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks](https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-new-android-security-feature-to-help-uncover-spyware-attacks-n5nxtfnsu) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/your-android-phone-has-a-hidden-dashboard-that-shows-which-apps-are-spying-on-you-lzqwxeenn)