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Originally Posted by Catlady
The trouble is that too often you can't use the app without giving permission for all sorts of invasive actions that seem to have no connection to the purpose of the app--like access to the contacts list.
I am fairly sure that when I installed the Alexa app, there was no information given about turning off data collection, or I would have done so.
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Agree. Plus the Alexa app is being updated very often and no telling what kind of new permissions have been added without our knowledge.
Yesterday a friend of mine who has almost no knowledge in computers or smartphones tried to send me a couple of photos he took on his Android smartphone. He wasn’t sure how to attach them to a text message but eventually managed to get them attached, or so he thought. I got his text message but it contained a link to the photos rather than the photos. When I clicked the link I was asked if I wanted to install Google Photos on my iPhone. I hate everything Google because of their lack of security and history of data mining, but I installed the app anyway. When I tried to run the app it asked for permission to access my iPhone’s Photo app, I checked NO because I do not want Google snooping around my iPhone. The app responded it would not work without access to my iPhone Photo app and quit. I promptly deleted the Google Photo app. I still haven’t been able to view the photos my friend tried to send me. They were of a 12” diameter snapping turtle he saw along the road where he lives. I see absolutely no reason why an app has to have access to my iPhone photos in order to allow me to view a photo that is not therein. I’m also not sure why my friends Android phone didn’t attach the photos rather than force them into the Google Photo app cloud other than Google probably wanted to snoop around. App permissions are sometimes understandable, but certainly not in this case. BTW, I receive photos attached to emails and text messages all the time from friends who have Android phones, so I know they don’t require Google Photos. I guess the phone store must have set up his phone to use that app and service. Like I said he has no clue how to set up a new phone and he has a brand new phone...