People when it says "DANGEROUS" in the permission it means to "wipe out". It's the last thing anyone ever wants to see in their permissions.
Originally Posted by FirePhoenix
https://developer.android.com/guide/...rmal-dangerous
System permissions are divided into several protection levels. The two most important protection levels to know about are normal and dangerous permissions:
Normal permissions cover areas where your app needs to access data or resources outside the app's sandbox, but where there's very little risk to the user's privacy or the operation of other apps. For example, permission to set the time zone is a normal permission. If an app declares that it needs a normal permission, the system automatically grants the permission to the app. For a full listing of the current normal permissions, see Normal permissions.
Dangerous permissions cover areas where the app wants data or resources that involve the user's private information, or could potentially affect the user's stored data or the operation of other apps. For example, the ability to read the user's contacts is a dangerous permission. If an app declares that it needs a dangerous permission, the user has to explicitly grant the permission to the app.
Dangerous permissions are used by many applications. They are called dangerous because they allow the application permission to do things outside of the normal sandbox environment that can affect a user's data or information. That's all, nothing scary about them.
Do you have any apps that use the camera? That's a dangerous permission.
Do you have any apps that allow you to edit photos? That's also a dangerous permission.
I think that I will go to Fry's and show them your response.
Originally Posted by FirePhoenix
Fry's is a retail store. Most of the employees you interact with there are salespeople. The people in their repair section are just like Best Buy's geek squad. They MAY have some training and MAY have something like an A+ certification that anyone with half a brain could study for and pass. They are not magic, they are not engineers, they are just random people trying to make a living.
I've been developing mobile apps for years. Chances are you've used one or more of them. Your paranoia about this is unfounded and has no basis in technical fact. Android logs are full of random crap that developers leave in their apps that they use for debugging. They are full of all sorts of failure messages, warnings, errors, etc. They are supposed to be, it's just how the system works.
I remember talking to you as well, and it makes me sad to see this consuming your life.