Closed akien-mga closed 8 years ago
You are absolutely right.
Back then READ_PHONE_STATE was needed for some basic functions. It is not the case anymore.
The WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE was added for storing data in locally. But I decided to go on with SQL for the very same reason of user safety. It must be removed as well.
Thanks for checking. I will include these changes in the next release.
This has been fixed in the lastest version.
Confirmed, I just installed it from F-droid :)
Hi there,
I just discovered your interesting app on F-Droid, being a pad junkie myself I'm looking forward to trying it.
When trying to install it though I was a bit puzzled to see that it asks for access to the phone state and identity (
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
, https://github.com/mikifus/padland/blob/master/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L14). It also asks for access to the SD card contents and network connection, but those two sound pretty normal for the app's purpose.I'm a bit touchy about what applications want to access from my personal data, and I'm not sure to understand why knowing the phone state and identity would be relevant. Could you clarify the situation?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: I checked the git history and apparently it has always been required: https://github.com/mikifus/padland/blob/565a289d06380baaa107e33b5b1c45c73a712d58/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L13