"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 3/24/2015 8:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Boron Elgar" > wrote
>
>>> OH - that Ellen app? This is what it tracks and has access to....
>>>
>>> In-app purchases
>>> Identity
>>> find accounts on the device
>>> 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
>>> Other
>>> full network access
>>> view network connections
>>
>> WOW!!! Do you use any apps or does that kind of knowledge put you off?
>
> Well, perhaps I'm just paranoid, but the sneaky stuff that apps
> take it on themselves to access does put me off. I doubt the
> apps are actually doing half the stuff the terms say they can,
> but why do they need it? Is all that just a byproduct of being an
> app or do they deliberately include code that accesses all those
> functions?

I think Boron might be able to tell us?

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