Reading Android permissions without guessing
Most permission lists are short and dull. The useful skill is knowing which entries do not belong.
Written by The in7club team
Published · 5 min read
Android permissions are easier to read than their reputation suggests. Almost every game asks for the same handful, and the interesting information is in what is missing — or in what is there that should not be.
The routine ones
Storage lets the app write its own files. Network access lets it reach its servers. Vibrate and prevent-sleeping are cosmetic. Advertising ID is used to measure ads and can be reset, or switched off entirely, in Android's own settings.
The ones that do not belong
Contacts, SMS and precise location have no role in a card or slot game. An app that requests any of them is either bundling something unrelated or collecting data it has no use for. If one of them turns up in an installer, that is your cue to cancel.