Fdroid apk4/12/2023 ![]() They created a permission system with a powerless users in mind. And there's a lot of things that you can do, but that will void your warranty, or will make the process so painful and complicated that you will regret even thinking about it. They aren't expressed as permissions at all. ![]() Oh, but there are plenty of things on Android that you simply cannot do. ![]() Ditto for services that ask for permission to run continuously in the background when they could just use WorkManager or similar, or IOT apps that ask for location permissions when they could be using the Nearby Connections API. For example, applications requesting full file system access when all they need is the ability to read and write to a user-selected file (which requires absolutely zero permissions now thanks to the documents provider API) is a personal pet peeve of mine. Generally these days when Android apps request permissions they don't need it's because they're either old or poorly written not because Android doesn't have more granular APIs available. (Not sure what functionality Emacs has that requires SMS access, but I'm guessing there is some optional feature that lets you send texts or something.) Also, SMS access (like most sensitive permissions in modern Android) is disabled by default when you install the app, so GP's list is just a list of permissions Emacs can theoretically request, not permissions it actually has on install. You don't need SMS permissions to get access to the filesystem. ![]()
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