The program requests permission to disable the handset.
There is no good reason to request or grant a permission that disables the device.
Example 1: A program must not call this permission. Ever.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BRICK"/>
[1] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 - (OWASP 2004) A2 Broken Access Control
[2] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 - (OWASP 2010) A6 Security Misconfiguration
[3] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 - (FISMA) AC
[4] Mark L. Murphy Beginning Android 2 Apress
[5] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration - (CWE) CWE ID 265
[6] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2009 - (SANS 2009) Improper Access Control - CWE ID 285
[7] Using Permissions