What's the deal with "Barcode Scanner"?

[retnuh]

All "Barcode Scanner" needs to do is scan the barcode and go on the internet to find information pertaining to the barcode. Why then does the app want access to every area of the phone. Unless of course, the developer is harvesting information and selling it.

 

[melwan]

I use Google Goggles. At least it's made by Google.

 

[enzofall]

nice lol

 

[bjordan]

EvilMonkey covered it.

Also if it's the Zxing one it's open source which makes it easier for the community to verify what it's doing.

zxing - Project Hosting on Google Code

 

[retnuh]

Thanks for your reply evilmonkey. I did not see a reason to read existing contacts. But, you explained it.