Re: It's the humans, stupid, and boy, are they stupid
>>Some of those have got to be malware, and I have no way to tell good guys from bad guys.
Ever tried checking permissions? Bad or good it all comes to what they are capable of doing as well as if a developer is lazy/incompetent to require unneeded permissions. Look for the open source ones (check if it is really an open source) as well, this would be a better guarantee for it be a good one.