Attn Pandora users!

[Infinite-t]

There is an update to 1.4 today. But before you just click update, take a look at the security notice thing. It now says it wants access to your phone uses and CONTACTS! WTF?

 

[gtg465x]

There is an update to 1.4 today. But before you just click update, take a look at the security notice thing. It now says it wants access to your phone uses and CONTACTS! WTF?

I heard it's to give you the ability to send song recommendations to your friends from within the app. What's the big d?

 

[mi04se1]

I didnt notice that warning when I updated.

 

[confused1337]

There is an update to 1.4 today. But before you just click update, take a look at the security notice thing. It now says it wants access to your phone uses and CONTACTS! WTF?

This is more a response to people freaking out about this than to just the OP..

*** This permission request is NOTHING new to Pandora ***

Ever since I installed Pandora on my phone it has used your contact info(I have gone through about 3 updates since then). It is used for the sharing feature. The only difference is that you noticed it this time when you updated the phone and you didn

 

[Infinite-t]

Hmm, interesting. I must not have noticed that it asked for contact info before the new update... I don't use it a whole lot anyway. Then I noticed yesterday it asking for contacts and stuff and was like....what gives?

I also don't use Facebook or MySpace or any of that either. I don't find the need to know that someone I went to high-school with 20 years ago is taking their dog for a walk..