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by DEinspanjer 3303 days ago
Why does it want to access my contacts?
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ken 3303 days ago
It has data source operations for listing Contacts, Calendars, and Calendar Events.

One of the main drivers for this project was that a lot of my data was trapped in these custom data stores, and I wanted to be able to access everything from the same place. (Why can't I grep my calendar events?)

It only reads these when you explicitly use these operations, and it never writes to them.

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lgas 3302 days ago
Probably better to wait to ask for the permission until someone is attempting an operation that requires that permission.
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ken 3302 days ago
Ohhh ... is it asking you for permission, when you first start the app? That's not cool.

I can see why it would do that, but that wasn't my intention. That should be easy to fix. Thanks!

UPDATE: OK, confirmed, and a fix is ready. 1.2.1 will not ask to see your Contacts until you use the relevant operation.

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