Confused about play store permission

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In the official documentation it is written that the play store has the same permission as all other apps. When I open the play protect setting it shows me that all apps in the phone have been scanned and even lists them. How is this possible? Can every app on the phone see all installed apps?

treequell

[deleted] Correct, any app can see which other apps are installed in same user profile.

treequell

You can disable Play Protect if you wish.

matchboxbananasynergy

I'm fairly certain that Play Store has the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission, but even without that, there are indirect ways for an app to get a list of other apps installed in the same profile. You should always assume that is the case, and use separate profiles in cases where it's not desired.