I've just heard back from traceping's author, Dmitry Yurchenko. He concurs with my bug report (DNS thread blocks ping reception), and likes my 2 RFEs, and hopes to get some time to hammer on the app again Real Soon Now.
I have passed Randy's (justifiable) concerns on the permissions along to him, and will report what response I get. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Ashworth" <j...@baylink.com> > To: "Randy Bush" <ra...@psg.com>, "David Miller" <dmil...@tiggee.com> > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:32:14 PM > Subject: Re: MTR for Android? > Fair point. Have submitted a bug and an rfe; will request > clarification if I get a dialog on. > > Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inflim.trp > > > >it needs all this because? > > > > This app has access to these permissions: > > Your location > > precise location (GPS and network-based) > > approximate location (network-based) > > Network communication > > full network access > > view network connections > > Phone calls > > read phone status and identity > > Storage > > modify or delete the contents of your USB storage > > Your accounts > > read Google service configuration > > Development tools > > read sensitive log data > > System tools > > test access to protected storage > > Affects Battery > > prevent device from sleeping > > > >randy > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274