Correction, I see it also gets Fine Location. That doesn't change my question to you: does it actually exceed those permissions?
On Jul 27, 2010 4:51 PM, "Chris Palmer" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
