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####Android Lock Screen Owner Info Permissions

To get the e-mail address of the Google account associated with an Android device, special permissions are required. On API level 14+:

android.permission.READ_PROFILE
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS

Yet a completely unprivileged application can read the lock_screen_owner_info key of Settings.Secure which often contains things such as the user's e-mail address, their real name, phone number, and/or physical address.

 String info = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), "lock_screen_owner_info");

A quick example:

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