Can I Trust This App?

[Gimme]

I went to go install ASE/SL4A (Android Scripting Environment.)

I was about to install when it asked for permissions.

Allow this application to: 
Your personal information
services that cost you money
Your messages
Your location
Network commutations
Storage hardware controls
phone calls
 system tools

Why does it need to use services to cost money and use my personal information?

Can I trust this application?

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[Rovers]

if it will use your personal information suggest you don't use it

 

[chanchan05]

I havent tried it yet, but reading the app description on the link, I see that those permissions are needed.

This is a scripting environment app. of course it needs a lot of permission.

Definition of services that charge you: phone calls, send sms, access web, etc.

Personal information include contacts.

Now if you read the site you linked to, you can see that these scripts can be run via Locale. Now Locale is an app. One of its features is that it can block calls from certain persons while you are in a certain place.

You could perhaps (as an example), make a script via ASE that says: I want to block John's calls when I am at the Washigton Monument. That script is creating links to your contacts (John's contact details) and to Google Maps (Washington Monument), thereby using the permissions to access services that may cost data (internet map search) and personal details (contact information). The script can then be run through Locale.