Intrusive App Permissions?

[olds]

CamCard
Does it look like this app takes more control of your phone than it needs to?

Allows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation.
Why?

Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
To update itself or spy?

Allows the app to read from the system's various log files. This allows it to discover general information about what you are doing with the tablet, potentially including personal or private information. Allows the app to read from the system's various log files. This allows it to discover general information about what you are doing with the phone, potentially including personal or private information.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5pbnRzaWcuQkNSTGl0ZSJd

 

[Markbnj]

They're probably just describing the worst case scenarios. For example, the camera permission (CAMERA) just allows access to the camera. It seems to me it would be really difficult for the operating system to assert that an app is grabbing an image in response to an actual user action. I could handle a touch event, fire a timer, and take a picture twenty seconds later.

The network one (INTERNET) doesn't bother me for similar reasons. If an application is making calls to back-end service it's going to need this in the manifest.

The READ_LOGS permission does seem a little odd, if that's the one that's requested. I'm assuming its to access LOGCAT for debugging purposes.

 

[olds]

Thanks. Kinda of assumed it was worse case (but you never know) and the reviews are OK.