This is a small program to display the list of photos on your Android device and then to display those photos to you. The interesting thing is that it requires absolutely no system permissions to be able to do so.
This app does not have INTERNET permission. So it can
not send your images to anyone and is not a “true” spy. But given that
almost every Android app in the Market does in fact have INTERNET
permission, this is not much of a limitation.
According an article in the Times, iOS needs location permission to be able to do the same, which is kind of confusing. Google “declined to comment on how its Android operating system for mobile devices handles this issue,” which is kind of wise under the circumstances.
Note: as of Android 4.4 ("KitKat"), this no longer works without
the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Scan this QR code:
Get the Android SDK. Then, fetch a copy of this project, open up a terminal in the project's directory, and do
android update project -p .
ant clean debug
If you have a phone plugged in or an emulator running, you can then do
ant installd
to install.
Copyright © 2012 Michael Castleman.
This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
This project uses and distributes the Android Compatibility Library, which is Copyright The Android Open Source Project and distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.