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But very often it's sloppiness. On Android you can write data just fine without permissions, just not everywhere.

When I encounter an Android App which needs file permissions for no apparent reason I assume malicious intent.

Edited to add: I wrote an Android App which has data import and export. You don't need file permissions for both, at least not on newer Android versions.




Oh yes, I imagine it's sloppiness in the large majority of cases.




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