Meitu has been taking off — everywhere I look on my Facebook, Twitter, I see pictures run through the app.
But do you actually check to see what permissions it asks for? A crazy amount it seems. I just checked on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mt.mtxx.mtxx) and these are the current permissions
Version 6.1.0.2 can access:
Location
- approximate location (network-based)
Phone
- read phone status and identity
Photos / Media / Files
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information
Device ID & call information
- read phone status and identity
Other
- receive data from Internet
- view network connections
- change system display settings
- full network access
- change your audio settings
- run at startup
- reorder running apps
- control vibration
- prevent device from sleeping
- Google Play licence check
For the most part, these aren’t too much of a concern but these two might be:
Phone
- read phone status and identity
Device ID & call information
- read phone status and identity
These relate to reading the device information such as the IMEI and call information. I’m not too concerned about the call side — you can block this with later version of Android’s permission manager (and I use that a lot with different apps), but I’m not sure if I can block attempts to read phone status.
Their justification of this to track usage in China because it is blocked, I guess does make sense, but am I the only one who thinks doing it this way leaves it way too open for abuse and misuse?
Source: The Meitu selfie app unlocks your anime beauty and personal data
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