Use of Permissions - WeatherBug Typhoon (Android G1)

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This is an explanation of why we need the permissions requested by the app and what we use them for.

Network communication

full internet access

Used to request and download the various forms of content provided to you in the app.

Your location

coarse (network-based) location
fine (GPS) location

Used to determine your current location, so we know what weather data to provide.

System tools

automatically start at boot

Used to launch the alert notification service, which periodically listens for severe weather alerts and warns you with a notification. This service can be disabled in the preferences menu.

prevent the phone from sleeping

Used to let the alert notification service and the temperature notification service briefly wake the device in order to download updates. If a successful transmission of data has not occured after 5 minutes, the service will die, letting the phone sleep again.