# What Happened to Chat Bubbles / Heads in Android?

DevFeed: [What Happened to Chat Bubbles / Heads in Android?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-happened-to-chat-bubbles-heads-in-android-23106.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/android-news/what-happened-to-chat-bubbles-heads-in-android-a30597f36115?source=rss----8fca399d4de---4>)

Author: Wajahat Karim

Published: 2020-04-10T18:49:54Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Android & Tech News -- Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/android-tech-news-medium.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [Cybercrime](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybercrime.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-app-development.md>), [androiddev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/androiddev.md>), [chat](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chat.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interface.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [permission](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permission.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ransomware.md>), [scams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scams.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Android chat bubbles and heads depend on the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission, a powerful capability that lets apps display over other apps. It describes how malware has abused this permission for fraudulent ads, phishing, clickjacking, banking-Trojan overlays, and ransomware lock screens.

## Source excerpt

How the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission has been abused over the years by malware creators & hackers? Continue reading on AndroidPub "