{"id":8032,"date":"2026-10-17T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=8032"},"modified":"2026-10-17T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:13:32","slug":"why-does-elements-mobile-protection-ask-for-permissions-during-first-startup","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/support-articles\/why-does-elements-mobile-protection-ask-for-permissions-during-first-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Elements Mobile Protection ask for permissions during first startup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>When Elements Mobile Protection is installed and opened for the first time, it shows the prompts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Permissions needed &quot;File access &#8211; antivirus needs files access to scan for harmful items on this device&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Notifications &#8211; Needed to keep protection running and to notify about important security events<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostic file &#8211; We need the following permission to be able to collect the diagnostic file remotely from your device. You can change this setting later in the app settings.<\/li>\n<li>Receive SMS &#8211; We need the following permission to be able analyze SMS as soon as it arrives.<\/li>\n<li>Connection request &#8211; WithSecure Elements Mobile Protection (com.fsecure.mp.ucf) want to set up a VPN connection that allows it to monitor network traffic. Only accept if you trust the source.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why does the application ask the user to allow the permissions and not automatically give itself these rights?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>This is a part of Android&#39;s privacy security. Applications which can access personal files on your device need to specifically ask user permission to do so. Since Elements Mobile Protection includes a file scanner for malicious files, permissions are needed to access the user&#39;s personal files on the device.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is explained in the following article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-permissions-886758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-permissions-886758\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also read Google&#39;s instructions for developers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/guide\/topics\/permissions\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/developer.android.com\/guide\/topics\/permissions\/overview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Elements Mobile Protection is installed and opened for the first time, it shows the prompt:<\/p>\n<p>Permissions needed \u00ab\u00a0File access &#8211; antivirus needs files access to scan for harmful items on this device\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>\nWhy does the application not automatically give itself these rights?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-8032","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005917","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-17 12:13:32","import_hash":"bafe546940e277358c0b4d7ce85c7f814ecbc3d9","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/8032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=8032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}