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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of David Andrews
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 14:18
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Check out IBM Redbooks | IBM Redbooks Mobile App

On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 01:25 -0600, Mark Post wrote:
> >>> On 7/9/2014 at 04:24 PM, Ed Finnell
> <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > Wonder if SHARE has Mobile plans?
> 
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coreapps.android.fol
> lowme.share_inc

Holycow, that requires an awful lot of permissions!  What are they DOING?

      * find accounts on the device
Contacts/Calendar 
      * modify your contacts
      * read your contacts
      * read calendar events plus confidential information
      * add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without
        owners' knowledge
Location 
      * precise location (GPS and network-based)
      * approximate location (network-based) Photos/Media/Files 
      * modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
      * test access to protected storage Camera/Microphone 
      * take pictures and videos
Wi-Fi connection information 
      * view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information 
      * read phone status and identity
Other 
      * receive data from Internet
      * view network connections
      * control flashlight
      * prevent device from sleeping
      * run at startup
      * control vibration
      * full network access
      * connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi

Not just "No", but "Hell, no".

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David Andrews
A. Duda & Sons, Inc.
[email protected]

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This indeed looks like the apps that earn money by selling everything they can 
get out of your mobile! Maybe the app must generate the money to keep the 
Redbooks alive, I won't be surprised to see commercials...
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