question on permissions

[IzzySoft]

Preflight checklist

• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
• I have searched the frequently asked questions for a solution that fixes this problem, without success.
• I have checked that I'm using the latest stable version of the app.

What app version are you using?

5.6.2

What operating system version are you using?

Android

Expected Behavior

???

Actual Behavior

The scanner at IzzyOnDroid reported:

! repo/watch.migu_1050602.apk declares flag(s): usesCleartextTraffic
! repo/watch.migu_1050602.apk declares sensitive permission(s):
  android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Could you please clarify

• what cleartext (unencrypted HTTP) connections are needed, where to and what for
• what for the app needs READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (and also WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)?

Thanks in advance!

Btw: your link to FAQs yields a 404. So technically: yes, I have searched the frequently asked questions for a solution that fixes this problem, without success, indeed 🙈

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No response

[yoinked-h]

i think that the "cleartext traffic" is for the torrenting traffic and the "read/write" for saving/seeding/doing stuff to the torrrented data, though the latter could probably be re-worked?

[IzzySoft]

i think that the "cleartext traffic" is for the torrenting traffic

Some local web server? Would make sense, many apps do that. But before "putting it to stone" I need to be sure it's that 😉

Storage: makes sense as well. As for "rework", this might be possible via SAF – the app probably only needs one location, and not the full storage.

Thanks for the details! Looking forward to where it leads us then.