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Yeh your phone camera app should just do it. I spent ages going through the android store to phone an app the didn't[0] want my entire contacts list or browsing

Yeh your phone camera app should just do it. I spent ages going through the android store to phone an app the didn't[0] want my entire contacts list or browsing history to scan a glorified sudoku. [0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tw.mobileapp.qrcode.banner&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tw.mobileapp.q...

jakub_g 11y ago
In the same spirit, it is mindblowing that some Android phones do not even have a flashlight app (I had a flashlight in my dumbphone 8 years ago), and the same applies - most flashlight apps need exorbitant permissions; I found [0] as the only one that doesn't need anything else than, well, camera and flashlight access. I see Android as OS may not want to support it as some phones/tablets do not have physical flashlight. This would be a genuine occasion for vendors to provide something themselves which is not a bloated crapware, but not all of them do it. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoopwall.flashlight&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoopwall....
- Already__Taken 11y ago
  I've not updated my moto gallery app because it wants new permissions to "Contacts" for god knows why. So I don't think the OEMs would do it properly anyway. Street view update now wants identity, photos/files, camera and wifi info. On top of location of which as least made sense.
- emilburzo 11y ago
  Here's one that's a bit more popular and worked on my chinese android phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.flashlight https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoils...
- DrScump 11y ago
  <most flashlight apps need exorbitant permissions> Good find! I've been using LampA, which was a "Show HN" a few months ago (I thought), but I can't find it now. Privacy Flashlight is fuller-featured anyway.

jakub_g 11y ago

In the same spirit, it is mindblowing that some Android phones do not even have a flashlight app (I had a flashlight in my dumbphone 8 years ago), and the same applies - most flashlight apps need exorbitant permissions; I found [0] as the only one that doesn't need anything else than, well, camera and flashlight access. I see Android as OS may not want to support it as some phones/tablets do not have physical flashlight. This would be a genuine occasion for vendors to provide something themselves which is not a bloated crapware, but not all of them do it. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoopwall.flashlight&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoopwall....

Already__Taken 11y ago
I've not updated my moto gallery app because it wants new permissions to "Contacts" for god knows why. So I don't think the OEMs would do it properly anyway. Street view update now wants identity, photos/files, camera and wifi info. On top of location of which as least made sense.
emilburzo 11y ago
Here's one that's a bit more popular and worked on my chinese android phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.flashlight https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoils...
DrScump 11y ago
<most flashlight apps need exorbitant permissions> Good find! I've been using LampA, which was a "Show HN" a few months ago (I thought), but I can't find it now. Privacy Flashlight is fuller-featured anyway.