<div dir="ltr"><div>Wow! I have on several occasions downloaded apps that ask for all that access and I simply click on the "Allow" button without thinking about it (at all).<br><br></div>Now am thinking...<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Kevin & all</div><div id="m_2294601756752925671AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_2294601756752925671AppleMailSignature">I'm curious</div><div id="m_2294601756752925671AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_2294601756752925671AppleMailSignature">Why would any app want to do this:-</div><div id="m_2294601756752925671AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_2294601756752925671AppleMailSignature"><span class=""><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-permission-bucket" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px"><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-icon-and-title" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;width:520px"><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-icon m_2294601756752925671gmail-sms" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:roboto,uilanguagefont,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-size:contain;display:inline-block;height:24px;width:20px;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:32px;width:auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">SMS</span></div><ul class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-description" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-position:inside;box-sizing:border-box;width:520px"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">read your text messages (SMS or MMS)</span></li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)</span></li></ul></div></span><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-permission-bucket" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px"><span class=""><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-icon-and-title" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;width:520px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-icon m_2294601756752925671gmail-storage" style="background-size:contain;display:inline-block;height:24px;width:20px;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:32px;width:auto">Storage</span></span></div><ul class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-description" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-position:inside;box-sizing:border-box;width:520px"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">read the contents of your USB storage</span></li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">modify or delete the contents of your USB storage</span></li></ul><div><br></div></span><div>This is very serious. And it goes back to ourselves. </div><div><br></div><div>Why would you download an app that wants permission to edit your SMS and other data??? </div><div><br></div><div>Why? </div><div><br></div><div>Can someone explain to me the reason why any app would want permission to edit your data???</div></div><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><span class=""><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.<wbr>com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></p></span><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><span class=""><div><br>On 24 Mar 2017, at 4:56 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-permission-bucket" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:roboto,uilanguagefont,arial,sans-serif"><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-icon-and-title" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;width:520px"><span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-icon m_2294601756752925671gmail-sms" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;display:inline-block;height:24px;width:20px;background-image:url("")"></span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-title" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:32px;width:auto">SMS</span></span></div><ul class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-description" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-position:inside;box-sizing:border-box;width:520px;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">read your text messages (SMS or MMS)</li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)</li></ul></div><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-permission-bucket" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:roboto,uilanguagefont,arial,sans-serif"><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-icon-and-title" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;width:520px"><span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-icon m_2294601756752925671gmail-phone" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;display:inline-block;height:24px;width:20px;background-image:url("")"></span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-title" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:32px;width:auto">Phone</span></span></div><ul class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-description" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-position:inside;box-sizing:border-box;width:520px;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">directly call phone numbers</li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">read phone status and identity</li></ul></div><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-permission-bucket" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:roboto,uilanguagefont,arial,sans-serif"><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-icon-and-title" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;width:520px"><span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-icon m_2294601756752925671gmail-files" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;display:inline-block;height:24px;width:20px;background-image:url("")"></span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-title" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:32px;width:auto">Photos/Media/Files</span></span></div><ul class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-description" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-position:inside;box-sizing:border-box;width:520px;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">read the contents of your USB storage</li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">modify or delete the contents of your USB storage</li></ul></div><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-permission-bucket" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:roboto,uilanguagefont,arial,sans-serif"><div class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-icon-and-title" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;width:520px"><span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-icon m_2294601756752925671gmail-storage" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;display:inline-block;height:24px;width:20px;background-image:url("")"></span><span class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-title" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:32px;width:auto">Storage</span></span></div><ul class="m_2294601756752925671gmail-bucket-description" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-position:inside;box-sizing:border-box;width:520px;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">read the contents of your USB storage</li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">modify or delete the contents of your USB storage</li></ul></div></div></blockquote></span></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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