Hi all, I've noticed that a lot of application from the Android market seem to ask for more permissions than I would expect.
It's great that the market allows me to see what I am allowing an app to do - and I often choose not to install on this basis. As an example the telegraph.co.uk application wants network connection (which is to be expected) but it also wants GPS location data, and phone status. I just can't see why it needs these. I guess if it's showing ads it might want general location data - but why does it need to know where I am to GPS accuracy? I don't want to share that and my batery runs down to fast without GPS on. And why should it need to know if I'm making a call? This seems like quite a common issue - applications asking for more access than they might be expected to need. Has anyone else noticed this - or come across an explanation for it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
