I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the problem is with the Android Market servers, either in how they extract the permissions to display, or how they deliver that data to devices. That's because androlib.com has the same missing permission:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-deckeleven-windsofsteeldemo-CtpA.aspx and I suspect that they just get the permission data by pirating the Android Market feed. The good news, relatively speaking, is that a fix to the servers would fix the problem without having to distribute an update to the Android Market client app. Thanks for pointing this out! On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:39 AM, repDetect() <[email protected]> wrote: > When installing applications from android market some permissions are > not listed to the user, but are granted to the application upon > installation, including the notorious "Phone calls" permission. > When installing locally through "Package installer" the full set of > permissions is listed. > That behavior may be observed with many applications one of which is > 'net.jimblackler.newswidget' (no offense Jim - I hope it's true > there's no bad publicity). > > This bug was reported as issue #9365 [0] back in Jun 27, 2010 but has > gone so far unnoticed, perhaps because android market is not part of > AOSP, which is why I post here. > > I consider this a serious problem as it is misleading for users and > reflects badly on application developers and the whole android echo > system. Hopefully this will get the needed attention and treatment, > especially after all the recent noise around applications security and > privacy breaches. > > [0] http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9365 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
