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Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by addydev on Monday January 26, 2015 @07:23AM (#8946612)
Sorry about that, will remove them in the next update for sure :)
Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by dedosk on Monday January 26, 2015 @07:30AM (#8946634)
Please, let us know when you push the update. It's terrible requiring so much permissions..
Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by addydev on Monday January 26, 2015 @07:39AM (#8946667)
Sure, but can anybody tell me how can I inform you guys about the update? Shall I post the app again or anything else? Pretty new here.
Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by addydev on Thursday January 29, 2015 @09:03AM (#8966118)
The app has been updated. Permissions removed :)
Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by buro9 on Monday January 26, 2015 @07:33AM (#8946646)
That is a hell of a lot of permissions for what you are doing:

    Identity
    	* find accounts on the device
    
    Contacts
    	* read your contacts
    	* modify your contacts
    
    Location
    	* approximate location (network-based)
    	* precise location (GPS and network-based)
    	* access extra location provider commands
    
    Phone
    	* read call log
    	* write call log
    
    Photos / Media / Files
    	* modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
    	* read the contents of your USB storage
    
    Camera
    	* take pictures and videos
    
    Microphone
    	* record audio
    
    Device ID & call information
    	* read phone status and identity
    
    Other
    	* receive data from Internet
    	* full network access
    	* view network connections
    	* change your audio settings
    	* control vibration
    	* prevent device from sleeping
Is this a problem with Android APIs? Does the ability to show a sponsor advert require detailed location, etc?

I'm always surprised by how relatively simple apps seem to require such broad access.

Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by addydev on Monday January 26, 2015 @07:38AM (#8946664)
Apologies, most of them are for advertisement, but a lot of them are unnecessary, update coming soon.
Re:Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds p... by jkot on Monday January 26, 2015 @09:46AM (#8947205)
Ads can get location from IP.