From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "W. Greenhouse" via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs android port has 124 permissions? privacy implications? Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:15:26 +0000 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "W. Greenhouse" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22446"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:A5BnzkbuNQ0U1LM1Ar2hYgFO0Ek= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 21 17:18:03 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tP2B1-0005ek-O9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:18:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tP2Aa-0002mM-CC; Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:17:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tP2AX-0002m4-Hn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:17:33 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tP2AW-0003OM-0E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:17:33 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tP2AR-00058z-8O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:17:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:148907 Archived-At: జిందం వాఐి writes: > * emacs android port was announced! [ 1 ] > * it will be available in 30 [2] > * release covered on lwn also [3] > * available in f-droid repo [4] > * just discovered thread which was > created on independence day. ironic. [5] > * there are few reasons for writing here > * dont have inner workings of android apps > * insufficient knowledge about android os > * without having valid reason or concern, > cannot post on emacs-devel > * just hoping for some discussion or > insight related to impact of permissions > on privacy. > > [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg01358.html > [2] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS.30#n36 > [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/959931/ > [4] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.gnu.emacs/ > [5] https://forum.f-droid.org/t/emacs-excessive-permissions/27019 If you don't trust free software to do what you expect, don't install it. Permissions are needed to interact with the host (Android) system. "Excessive" is a value judgment based on what you expect the software to be able to do.