Do you mean Secrets by Brandon Stecklein? That is not a Google app. It uses Coarse Location and Internet permissions; if it can access email or SMS messages that would he a problem. Are you saying that it can?
On Jul 26, 2010 1:27 PM, "sharedwd" <[email protected]> wrote: >> The user will see when installing an app that it can access their SMS >> messages, and there is no way for the application to get to them without >> this being reported. >> Dianne Hackborn >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] > > Except, as in one case with the Google app "Secrets" and many others, > if the app is built for Android OS earlier than 1.6 (or 1.5?). For > example, I'm running 2.1-update1 on a Motorola Droid, and the only way > I see that Secrets also has Network communication and Phone State/ > Identity permissions is run a permissions app like aSpotCat. The > Market does not tell me Secrets has those two permissions assigned to > it, even if it doesn't utilize them. > > Thoughts? > > Jim > > On Jun 25, 3:31 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Dan Hein <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Is Google doing ANY policing of applications on Android Market? >> >> It seems so, but extremely quietly - hell, they apparently don't even tell >> the developers whom they pull from the Market WHY they were pulled. >> >> Also, see this post: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/exercising-our-remote-... >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered deviceshttp:// sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking
