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New Advertisement and Internet connection permissions for Simple SMS Messenger on Google Play Store... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by reactive_recall@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have several of the apps installed. I went through and checked the permissions, and they're still pretty sparse. The play store didn't mention anything about updates, but a few of them, like Notes, seemed to be disabled.

Am I just a version behind or something?

[–] sab@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

If they're from F-Droid you're good; if you're on Google Play I doubt they'll update anything to get more permissions without your consent.

However, if the developer has taken a turn for the worse (which this post seems to indicate), you might not receive any more updates for your F-Droid software, and you might get to a point where you don't want to install updates from Google Play. Software that cannot be updated is generally not a good thing.

Furthermore, these apps deal with somewhat sensitive information by default, and I wouldn't want to use apps developed by a company I don't trust if I don't absolutely have to. :)