Look - its just a crappy permissions system in the OS. I'm looking at my app and we have all these scary-sounding perms:
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE ==> needed to write images to external storage
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE ==> pretty much anything that needs to have a working internet connection
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE ==> link tracking
android.permission.GET_TASKS ==> crash reporting
android.permission.READ_LOGS ==> also crash reporting but probably doesn't work in 4.3
android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS ==> Google Cloud Messaging...seriously
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK ==> also GCM
etc.
And when you add ad networks it gets worse. And, they also pay more for gender, location, and age so thats why everyone wants you to sign in with Facebook, etc, because otherwise you can't pay the bills.
I don't know why this is a big deal. Isn't Google already vacuuming up this information from their Android users anyways via "Google Play Services".
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE ==> needed to write images to external storage android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE ==> pretty much anything that needs to have a working internet connection android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE ==> link tracking android.permission.GET_TASKS ==> crash reporting android.permission.READ_LOGS ==> also crash reporting but probably doesn't work in 4.3 android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS ==> Google Cloud Messaging...seriously android.permission.WAKE_LOCK ==> also GCM
etc.
And when you add ad networks it gets worse. And, they also pay more for gender, location, and age so thats why everyone wants you to sign in with Facebook, etc, because otherwise you can't pay the bills.
I don't know why this is a big deal. Isn't Google already vacuuming up this information from their Android users anyways via "Google Play Services".