Privacy/ethics issues aside, from a pure developer standpoint, isn't this just a feature? Where do we draw the line between functionality and privacy?
This is a reasonable question. Where I personally would draw the line is, "functionality" implies to me that the app would only access user info when it needs to do so for some FUNCTIONAL purpose. If the app does not need the data and is not doing anything legitimate with it, then obviously, the user's privacy should be respected and said info should not be accessed.
This is a reasonable question. Where I personally would draw the line is, "functionality" implies to me that the app would only access user info when it needs to do so for some FUNCTIONAL purpose. If the app does not need the data and is not doing anything legitimate with it, then obviously, the user's privacy should be respected and said info should not be accessed.