Well, then I guess the Market is pretty much useless if users want any kind of privacy. Every app out there wants every permission available it seems. If I didn't install an app I wanted because it requires permissions to private info, that pretty much means don't install ANY apps from the Market. And that includes Google Maps, Twitter, and everything else.
On Jul 27, 2:44 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:36 PM, sharedwd <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can I be assured the app doesn't instantly collect all my contact > > information for it's own marketing promotions or something else? > > You can't. > > > I guess what I'm wanting to know is: If an app has "read contact data" > > permission for a unique feature of the app, does that mean it can also > > send a compilation of all my contacts' information to its data > > warehouse? > > Pretty much. > > > Or does it only have access to my Contacts when I initiate the special > > feature within the app? > > How would you enforce that? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices
