Closed Bug 714623 Opened 14 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Do not request permissions for future use

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox for Android Graveyard
Component:
General
Version:
Firefox 9
Platform:
ARM
Android
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: robert.pollak, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: mobile)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1 Build ID: 20111220165912 Steps to reproduce: Installed Firefox 9.0 from Android Market. Actual results: I had to grant the permissions "System Tools - Prevent phone from sleeping, Change network connectivity" for installation. Expected results: These permissions should not be necessary, since https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-android-use-permissions-it-requests says: > Firefox does not currently use these permissions, but they were added so future versions of Firefox will support the Adobe Flash plug-in. I have seen at least one (German) person in the Android Market commenting that she will not install Firefox, because she does not want Firefox to change network connectivity. I think that only the mentioned "future version" of Firefox should ask for this permission. (Btw., I do not want to install Flash.)
Keywords: mobile
OS: Windows 7 → Android
Hardware: x86_64 → ARM
Product: Core → Fennec
QA Contact: general → general
Version: 9 Branch → Firefox 9
Closing all opened bug in a graveyard component
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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