Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Why does it need access to all those things. Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:24:26 +0200 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <42ocrdltfjmpdmuhvf38dhns2uvre3mdf9@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net kGJpYTPYgq+WDqcMw+mgHQODIxH7zwfUCCKV/yBt23t8j4lDLz Cancel-Lock: sha1:E5V5HVa7QnjUJwBLyw4DTbUmb9Q= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.0 In-Reply-To: <42ocrdltfjmpdmuhvf38dhns2uvre3mdf9@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-CA Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:56317 On 04/10/2018 20.50, micky wrote: > Allow access to photos, media, and files. ?? > > > All I want to do is install a louder ringtone. Why does it need access > to those 3 things? It seems like it's up to no good. > > I installed a Geico app today so I wouldn't have to carry my car > insurance card, which changes every 6 months. It wanted even more > access, and I did it, but what is it going to do with all that power. > Nothing I want, I fear. > If the insurance data is saved in a file, it needs access to files, which is a permission. This may means also photos, even if it never looks at photos. Insurance. A possibility can be report an issue by taking a photo and sending it. Media. A ringtone is media... Or tones can be stored as files somewhere else. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.