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Regards,
Old3eyes
Twitter: ajobbins
ajobbins: I don't read stuff anymore as the journalism is shockingly bad and it's basically just a tabloid.
BUT - The NZ Herald app asked for some pretty crazy permissions a while back. I wrote about it here at the time, and got in touch with them. In the end, it was a lazy developer not turning off things the app didn't need. They fixed it in the end, which is good, and now even have a page explaining why they ask for the permissions they do.
dafman: I've taken your lead and asked Stuff if they would advise similar. cheers
Please keep this GZ community vibrant by contributing in a constructive & respectful manner.
dafman: So I was advised that the stuff news app required updating. Went to upgrade and saw that app required a new permission - device and app history (in addition to the slew of permissions it previously required). Now why would a news app require access to my device and app history, or, more importantly, why would I give these permissions to a simple news reading app?! Uninstalled. I've replaced with the mobile web site and the look and feel is almost exactly the same.
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I've been on Geekzone over 16 years..... Time flies....
ajobbins: I don't read stuff anymore as the journalism is shockingly bad and it's basically just a tabloid.
BUT - The NZ Herald app asked for some pretty crazy permissions a while back. I wrote about it here at the time, and got in touch with them. In the end, it was a lazy developer not turning off things the app didn't need. They fixed it in the end, which is good, and now even have a page explaining why they ask for the permissions they do.
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I've been on Geekzone over 16 years..... Time flies....
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