Android's AccessibilityService: A Single Toggle to Total Device Control
How one API designed for disability access became the foundation of a $145M surveillance industry. A proof-of-concept implant demonstrates the full attack chain: silent permission escalation in 2.4 seconds, contextual keylogging, see-through overlays, network toggle, self-hiding persistence, and an embedded Linux terminal with apt - all from a single accessibility toggle, no root required.
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