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Possible market issue... Or is it just me? (Needing confirmation)

Two aps I use frequently have mysteriously disappeared from the Android Market. Kitten Cannon and .podkast. No misspelling on .podkast (as in (dot)podkast). Can anyone confirm both of their removal? If not any clue why they are on my device?

They both (the one without the dot) show up on mine. From the Market Help:
Can't Find Applications
If you can't find an application, first try editing your search terms; the publisher may have changed the name in the application. If it still doesn't appear, it may not be available for your type of mobile device, in your location, or on your mobile service provider at this time. Developers have the ability to target applications to specific mobile devices based off screen size, mobile service provider, or location.
Additionally, if you have access to Android Market but can't download any paid applications, please ensure you are located in one of the countries listed on our Paid App Availability list.
From time to time, applications will become unavailable. Publishers might remove their applications from Android Market, or applications may also be removed for policy violations.
If you are looking for applications you have purchased or downloaded, open the Market application and select My Downloads. All of the applications that are currently installed or have been purchased through Android Market will be listed.
Some devices don't come with Android Market. If you don't have access to Android Market, please contact your mobile service provider or device manufacturer for more information.

Nasty Permissions

How does the Android community ban apps that ask for crazy permissions? For people who root and have some level of sophistication - we're not going to fall for bad behaving apps.
But for all those who don't even know what permissions are, they need to be warned.
Take a look at this one:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.antonio.fashion&feature=search_result
Comes from a banned company called Plankton that rebranded itself as StartApp.
I feel sorry for people that install this and can't get rid of all the nasty stuff they injected into their device.

Android Market said:
Permissions
This application has access to the following:
Network communication
full Internet access
Allows an application to create network sockets.
Your personal information
write Browser's history and bookmarks
Allows an application to modify the Browser's history or bookmarks stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your Browser's data.
read Browser's history and bookmarks
Allows the application to read all the URLs that the Browser has visited, and all of the Browser's bookmarks.
Phone calls
read phone state and identity
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.
Storage
modify/delete USB storage contents modify/delete SD card contents
Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to write to the SD card.
Show all
Network communication
view network state
Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
view Wi-Fi state
Allows an application to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi.
System tools
automatically start at boot
Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the application to slow down the overall device by always running.
Click to expand...
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I have a problem with an app that supposedly just displays pictures but needs access to my phone, my browser AND starts on boot. The network communication and SD modify I understand since it needs to retrieve the pictures from somewhere and save them in the memory other than the internal one but the rest of the permissions are just completely unnecessary.

Wow that's crazy, I fully agree!

Wow! Those permissions are crazy. That company should be banned. People are having a similar issue with the Amazon "Free app of the day" today. It's a game that is asking for a ton of permissions. There were a lot of complaints and the developer remarked on their Twitter account that they accidentally uploaded a version with "remnant permissions." Ya..right. Too many companies are getting away with this "we accidentally uploaded a test/alpha/beta/developer...etc version of our app." *rolls eyes
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[Q] Why are App Privacy settings show different permissions than App Store?

Hello,
I wanted to ask a question about the difference in permissions for an app that are shown on the Play store and in App Privacy area of the setting.
For example, when I downloaded Accuweather Platinum from Play store, I was told that the app will have access to Identity, Location, and Photos/Media/Files. For Identity, it further stated that it "uses one or more of: accounts on the device, profile data."
I found it rather intrusive that a weather app would want access to my identity information, be it anything. Especially, since their privacy policy dictates that they can track user behavior on ANY site the user visits and not just on AccuWeather site.
But when I go to Settings -> App Privacy -> AccuWeahter, I only see the permissions listed as "coarse location, fine location, vibrate, keep awake" and the check boxes are there to block either one or all of them (location, vibrate, keep awake.)
Can someone please help me understand how this works. Why did Google Play mention that app will have access to my identity information and if the app really has that access, why won't App Privacy allow me to restrict that access.
Thanks

I've been trying to find out how the new google play permissions work too. I don't know what permissions have changed any more because it only lists all permissions and doesn't makr the new ones, so you have to go back to the Application settings and look at what they currently use and then, like you say, work out how they line up. I think google has succeeded in gettting people to not care anymore about permissions. Why take away the visibility and control of it all? Anyway, hope I can find something that can help. In the meantime, I just won't update apps with changed permissions.
I do have an app that now says "uses one or more of: accounts on the device, profile data." and their response was "We made changes that were required by play services and advertising network". I find that a bit hard to believe.
Edit: Having said that I just came across this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/playpermissionsexposed-fix-play-store-t2783076. You'll need to be rooted and have xposed framework installed though.

S5 Work Profile?

This one has me stumped, and the online info is not helpful. I just started a new job and they use Google Apps for Work. They let you add your account to your own device, but because it is a state agency they are enforcing device policies on accounts - including remote wipe and app auditing abilities. I don't particularly like the idea of them knowing about every single app I have nor the fact that they can wipe my phone. I saw that there should be the ability to create a "work profile" to keep the two separate (allowing them to only see the apps installed on the work profile, and if they issue a wipe it will only nuke the work profile), but I don't seem to have the ability to create one. This is an S5 (SM-G900R7) with bone stock/non-rooted 6.0.1. The online guides say that all I should have to do is open the Device Policy app and go to the Status page, and there should be a button to create a work profile but I do not have said button. Under Policies > Shared Device Details it does say "Work Profile: Supported", so what am I missing here? All I really need is to access my email and see my calendar from that account, but even those require the device policy, so I'm at a loss..

Anyone?

Delete option missing on Tab 4 in Settings > General > Accounts

I purchased a Galaxy Tab 4 (w/10 in screen) quite awhile back from Barnes and Noble for my wife. I recently created a 2nd user account for myself to use the tablet as well. I have found that I'm unable to delete any accounts that get saved under "My accounts". This includes Yahoo & Yandex email apps, google account (I want to keep this account but verified the delete option is not available), Firefox account, etc.
I've unsuccessfully tried 3 things to remove these accounts:
1) I can't find an option looking in the individual apps to delete the accounts.
2) A google search found several sources which indicate that Settings > General > Accounts should have an option at the bottom of the screen to delete these accounts when you select each account individually. That option is NOT available on for my user ID or my wife's user ID (which I checked to see if it may be different).
3) I also tried going to Settings > General > Application Manager, selecting individual apps and clicking the "Clear Cache" and "Clear Data" buttons. This does NOT remove the account either- just the app data which is then reloaded when the app is opened.
If possible, I don't want to delete my user account and have to start over installing apps, restoring files, etc. I've reached the extent of my abilities in troubleshooting this. Any suggestions would be appreciated on successfully deleting these accounts for my userID. Below are the technical details for our tablet. Please let me know if any additional data or screen prints would be helpful. Regards.
Samsung SM-T530NU
Android 5.0.2
Kernel Version 3.4.0-6122105
Build number LRX22G.T530NUOVS1BPL1
Security Software Version ASKS v1.2_161011
KNOX Version 2.4