TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS <\/strong><\/span>(come again?<\/em>)<\/div>\n
Allows application to take pictures and videos with the camera. This allows the application at any time to collect images the camera is seeing. \u00a0<\/em>OK so you\\’re telling me that any picture I take with my phone, you have access to? \u00a0I think not! \u00a0Granted it\\’s not that I take the most interesting pictures with my phone but if I wanted to start rocking some naughty images that\\’s a whole other story…<\/div>\n
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RECORD AUDIO<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows application to access the audio record path.<\/div>\n
CHANGE YOUR AUDIO SETTINGS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows application to modify global audio settings such as volume and routing.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- YOUR LOCATION<\/strong>\n
COARSE (NETWORK-BASED) LOCATION<\/strong><\/div>\n
Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate device location, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine approximately where you are.<\/div>\n
FINE (GPS) LOCATION<\/strong><\/div>\n
Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the device, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- YOUR MESSAGES<\/strong>\n
RECEIVE SMS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows application to receive and process SMS messages. Malicious applications may monitor your messages or delete them without showing them to you.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- NETWORK COMMUNICATION<\/strong>\n
FULL INTERNET ACCESS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows an application to create network sockets.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION<\/strong>\n
READ CONTACT DATA<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your device.<\/strong><\/span> Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
WRITE CONTACT DATA<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your contact data.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- PHONE CALLS<\/strong>\n
READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- STORAGE<\/strong>\n
MODIFY\/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY\/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS<\/strong><\/div>\n
Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to write to the SD card. \u00a0<This one is pretty typical of most apps, because of the micro SD card that\\’s installed in your phone.<\/div>\n
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However some of these permissions are\u00a0seriously messed up. \u00a0Why on earth would you need access to my pictures, my contacts and a bunch of other shit NOT relevant to the app in question? \u00a0To me that seems far more invasive then it needs to be, so that being said?<\/div>\n
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