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		namuol on Feb 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity I'd guess that these permissions actually only pertain to files that the app itself creates.

meat_fist on Feb 9, 2015 [–]

Is that how permissions work? I was under the impression if you gave the app permissions to read write and delete files in your storage, it could (in theory) read/write/delete anything it wanted?

DrJosiah on Feb 9, 2015 | [–]

You are right, that's why the permissions are scary as hell.

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