In this vein I am personally boycotting apps that request access to my contacts when they clearly have no need. The latest instance was an update to the BoA app that suddenly wants access to my contacts. Hell no. If they want to add a 'share with a friend' feature (my guess) then Android has this feature baked in via intents and in such a way the app has no access to my contacts.
When I get any android phone/tablet, I always root it and install XPrivacy, so I can get total control on the permissions. I doesn't like the All-or-none style permission assignment on android.
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In this vein I am personally boycotting apps that request access to my contacts when they clearly have no need. The latest instance was an update to the BoA app that suddenly wants access to my contacts. Hell no. If they want to add a 'share with a friend' feature (my guess) then Android has this feature baked in via intents and in such a way the app has no access to my contacts.
When I get any android phone/tablet, I always root it and install XPrivacy, so I can get total control on the permissions. I doesn't like the All-or-none style permission assignment on android.