Permissions that an app requests
Whenever I click the install button on Google Play, I go through all permissions that an app requests to determine whether it makes sense that it requests those.
Here are some examples of apps and games that I did not install because of the permissions they requested:
SMS permissions, I canceled the installation process immediately.
Flow Home, an Android launcher: Requested Identity, Contacts and Location.
Iconic Quiz, a quiz game: Requested device & app history, identity and device ID & call information.
Lumi, a news app: Requested Device & app history, identity, contacts, and Device ID & call information.
Retrica, an Instagram like app: Requested Device & Call informatino
Solid Explorer File Manager: Requested Identity and Device ID & call information.
I chose to sell Note 2 and stay on iPhone, which enables you to grant or deny single permissions to apps
(as opposed to "take it or leave it" on default Androids). And the situation is even worse with Windows Phone
(I hear Windows 10 will finally remedy this to enable granular permissions).
I'm not particularly fond of anyone of these three (I still think Nokia N900 was *the* best smartphone ever),
but for now I'm still sticking with iPhone, although this might change in the future. Android gets better after
rooting, when you can enable more permission control with AppOps (not all versions) or XPrivacy or similar.
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