Ask HN: Why does the new Dropbox app need contact access?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6892808

by tomrod • 13 years ago

11 6 13 years ago

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It seems like every app on Android requires access to more and more things that I'm hesitant to upgrade.

What does Dropbox do with this additional information?

OafTobark• 13 years ago

Not sure if there is a correlation here but recently a bunch of iOS apps have been requesting this information as well, most of which have no good reason for requesting this info.

tomrod• 13 years ago

Is there a good way that attention can be brought to the issue?

FellowTraveler• 13 years ago

We already know: there's no good reason whatsoever for the app to have access to this kind of information.

lewispollard• 13 years ago

I'm guessing so that you can share files with contacts from within the app.

lsaferite• 13 years ago

Which you can do using the share intent.

Me, I got fed up with the latest dropbox client update and refused to install it on my device.

Nanzikambe• 13 years ago

It doesn't. That's why I uninstalled it, the same way I do every other app that feature creeps its way towards demanding greater and greater access to my information.

Ask HN: Why does the new Dropbox app need contact access?

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