Fedora mobile app

[Sudhir D]

Hi All,

We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest 
happenings in the fedora land. Try it out 
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and 
give feedback.

Cheers,
Sudhir

[Joe Zeff]

On 11/23/2016 02:55 AM, Sudhir D wrote:
> We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest
> happenings in the fedora land. Try it out
> (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and
> give feedback.

Why does it need to be able to modify or delete your photos, media and 
other files in USB storage?

[Christopher]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:13 PM Joe Zeff  wrote:
> On 11/23/2016 02:55 AM, Sudhir D wrote:
> > We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest
> > happenings in the fedora land. Try it out
> > (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and
> > give feedback.
>
> Why does it need to be able to modify or delete your photos, media and
> other files in USB storage?

That's the generic Android permission for "needs access to the filesystem
to read/save files". Android says "modify or delete photos, media, and
other files" in order to make sure the user understands the implication of
filesystem access.

[Zoltan Hoppar]

Hi Sudhir,

Thank you for making this app - for me this app works a little bit slow (my
phone is a Huawei Honor 5), but after cached the feeds it's quite usable.
For improvement I'd like to see if possible optional FAS ID login witch
helps to clarify the channels that I am interested, and the teams that I
joined already.

However, there is one app that I really would like to see on ambassadors
phones: Piratebox - if it's possible to transform that app to an freely
runnable service - without rooting the phone -  and provide as a free wifi
router through my phone - that would be awesome. Usually we always have
shortages from Fedora media, and with this app would be a chance to share
fedora images, and a bunch of other things at events. What do you think?

Zoltan

2016-11-23 21:51 GMT+01:00 Christopher :
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:13 PM Joe Zeff  wrote:
> > On 11/23/2016 02:55 AM, Sudhir D wrote:
> > > We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest
> > > happenings in the fedora land. Try it out
> > > (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and
> > > give feedback.
> >
> > Why does it need to be able to modify or delete your photos, media and
> > other files in USB storage?
>
> That's the generic Android permission for "needs access to the filesystem
> to read/save files". Android says "modify or delete photos, media, and
> other files" in order to make sure the user understands the implication of
> filesystem access.
>
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[Tim]

Sudhir D:
> > We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest
> > happenings in the fedora land. Try it out
> > (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and
> > give feedback.

Joe Zeff:
> Why does it need to be able to modify or delete your photos, media and 
> other files in USB storage?

So it can hack you?

Or, it's just programmed by security-unconcious people, who think it's
simpler to state their program (erroneously) needs access to everything,
and sheeple will just let it.

I've steered clear of tablets and smart phones, because I just don't see
the need for them in my life, but recently had to deal with one because
my mother wanted one (for no good reason, either).  Just about every app
you might use/install claims it wants, or will get, access to your
contacts, is able to make calls, a whole list of things that it just
will not actually need to do for whatever it's actual purpose is.  Even
more galling is that you don't get options to block the accesses that
you don't like, they're just a list of its demands.  You either install
it and allow it to rummage through everything, or you don't install it.
Them's your choices.

Quite frankly, something like a crossword puzzle app, for example,
stating that it needs access to your microphone, all your photos and
stored files, and your contact list, ought to be something that blocks
it from ever being allowed into their appstore.  But the appstores for
these devices are completely inadequate in their vetting.

I can't say that I noticed any "report this app" links in the appstores
that I've looked at for friend's computing devices (tablets, Apple,
Android, etc.).  As far as I'm concerned, there ought to be a simple
procedure that allows you to report apps, and be able to state such
things as the program demanded access to things that it shouldn't be
allowed to.  With sufficient checks against malicious false reporting,
such as program competitors and internet trolls, that kind of report
ought to result in the app being blacklisted.  The programmer then being
faced with having to reprogram (without gratuitous permission demands on
the user's devices) and resubmit it.

Though the entire appstore experience has been appalling to me,
including things like Linux software library equivalents.  Searching for
something often results in a gazillion barely-related items.  The
results give you inadequate information about the app so that you could
make an informed decision about whether it will do what you want, how
easy it might be to use, etc.  With the appstores, it's very hard to
tell what's free, adware infested, etc.  And with the Linux repos, many
of the websites listed in the data about a package are dead links, or
lead to some useless github type website (it's just a list of the
package and files, there's nothing for you to read about the program, no
instructions, no manual, nothing).  It strikes me that submitted
packages need to be active, and have adequate documentation, before
they're allowed to be included.