and when you first tell someone when they download the app that
'security permissions are like little popups that you can just ignore' (not direct quote, but pretty close go look) you cant say that man! the market has malicous software out there and people always need to make sure there not downloading something that is going to make there phone a malware master.
I can and I did.
I'm a sprint salesperson and the guide is meant for my average customer. For the average consumer, those permissions mean nothing. They don't know what they are and they wouldn't be able to tell what they meant or what things make something likely to be malware. Therefore, rather than waste their time and mine to write up a long section on what to look out for in permissions, it's easier to just tell them to ignore them. 99.999% of the apps in the market are just fine, and it simplifies things for the average john/jane that's asking for help with their new superphone thingy.
For that reason I chose to leave off the security permissions.
Hacking and open source is left off for two reasons:
1) I want to be able to hand out links to this guide at sprint stores without getting in trouble
2) Hacking changes way too quickly for me to possibly keep up a completely updated guide. I'm a college student taking lots of classes, and I don't feel like spending 5+ hours a day updating the hacking guide. Also, there are plenty of people on sdx-developers.com that are willing/able to help anyone and everyone out with hacking. As mentioned above, this guide is meant for the average user.
-Corey
Side note: If you feel the security permissions is a necessary part of the guide, feel free to do a complete write-up on them and i'll create a "guest article" on android.celltekwireless.net with it for you.
