Permission creep
When an app asks for more access than its actual job needs.
Learn it through a story
- The Game That Asked for Too Much (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 3)
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Related terms
- Payment confirmation screen The step showing the receiving name before a payment is finalised.
- Perimeter The boundary a security approach is built around, once the network edge, now increasingly identity.
- Permission An app's request to access a part of your phone, like your camera or contacts.
- Permission drift Configuration gradually becoming more permissive than originally intended, often unnoticed.
- Permission scope Exactly what data or actions a tool has requested and been granted access to.
- Phishing A fake message, sent widely, designed to trick you into giving away information or money.