On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Nikolay Elenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I'm curious as to why the permissions for this app requires the >> following permissions: >> >> READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA >> READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY >> >> I wouldn't even consider downloading this app with these permissions. >> Why read the log? Why do you have to know the phone state and >> identity? Sounds a bit suspicious to me. Please explain these >> requirements. >> > > It probably needs to get the IMEI to pass to the Market API. Not sure > what the "READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA" means/is needed for though. >
Then again, it says it provides historical data, so it's probably pulling its data off its own servers (probably accumulated by polling using the android-market-api). In that case, it should need any of those permissions. What are they for, ravishi? -- 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
