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Re: Show HN: An Android app to run misc. scripts on servers over SSH

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ptrvldz wrote: post #2

Hey all, here's a blog post explaining my motivation to write this app along with some things I learned: https://ptrvldz.me/hooks/

This looks very handy, thanks!

While I have your attentions, your app doesn't really need all these permissions:

    read phone status and identity
    read the contents of your USB storage
    modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
    read the contents of your USB storage
    modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
    read phone status and identity
    full network access
    draw over other apps
Technically, all you need is internet access. You don't need access to storage if you use app-private storage, which also gives you better security and automatic backups.

Re: Show HN: An Android app to run misc. scripts on servers over SSH

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Post by ptrvldz »

pawadu wrote: post #3
ptrvldz wrote: post #2

Hey all, here's a blog post explaining my motivation to write this app along with some things I learned: https://ptrvldz.me/hooks/

This looks very handy, thanks! While I have your attentions, your app doesn't really need all these permissions: read phone status and identity read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage read phone status and identity full network access draw over other apps Technically, all you need is…

Hope it can be useful.

I'll look into the permissions, I definitely want it as limited as possible. The only two I see listed in my AndroidManifest.xml are INTERNET and SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW, which are the React Native defaults.

Re: Show HN: An Android app to run misc. scripts on servers over SSH

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Post by pawadu »

ptrvldz wrote: post #4
pawadu wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks very handy, thanks! While I have your attentions, your app doesn't really need all these permissions: read phone status and identity read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage read phone status and identity full network access draw over other apps Technically, all you need is…

Hope it can be useful. I'll look into the permissions, I definitely want it as limited as possible. The only two I see listed in my AndroidManifest.xml are INTERNET and SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW, which are the React Native defaults.

My list comes from your app on Google Play. But they don't seem to match your Manifest.

Maybe React is injecting its own permissions during build?

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