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Mtalk Android security permissions

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Messagenet
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To implement the features offered by Mtalk service, the application needs the following security authorizations, some essential, others optional:

  • Storage
    • The authorization is required to select a file from your device to be set as a background image or avatar for your mtalk.net personal web page.
    • The image file is sent to our systems using an encrypted connection.
    • The authorization is optional and it is asked by app in the context of use; it can be subsequently revoked without preventing the correct application working.
  • Microphone
    • The authorization is required to record your voice during Mtalk calls.
    • Recorded audio data is sent to our systems in real time and forwarded to remote speaker as encoded format.
    • The authorization is needful for the correct application working and it is asked by app during installation step or if detected as not granted.
  • Contacts
    • The authorization is required to:
      • access the device contact list for ordinary telephony functions
      • access system features about synchronization accounts
    • Contacts data is sent to our systems using an encrypted connection with the sole purpose of showing you which one you can reach for free using Mtalk.
    • The authorization is optional and it is requested together with the needful ones for a better user experience only; it can be subsequently revoked without preventing the correct application working.
  • Camera
    • The authorization is required to capture an image to be set as a background or avatar for your mtalk.net personal web page.
    • The image file is sent to our systems using an encrypted connection.
    • The authorization is optional and it is asked by app in the context of use; it can be subsequently revoked without preventing the correct application working
  • Phone
    • The authorization is required to access the ordinary telephony functions of the device in order to do not collide with the VoIP features
    • No data is sent to our systems.
    • The authorization is needful for the correct application working and it is asked by app during installation step or if detected as not granted.