Why do you need to manage my Google contacts? why do you need to access my private repos on github?
We ask for permission to manage your contacts so that you can easily invite co-workers to your project on Awesomebox.
We ask for permission to access your repositories on Github so that, for the repositories you choose, we can automatically update Awesomebox when you push new code.
Unfortunately, Github's permission model is "all-or-nothing" - we wish we could let you grant us access only to a specific repository, but it's not currently possible via Github's API.
If you'd prefer not to connect your Github or Google accounts, you can also signup with an email address and try using Awesomebox on an example project.
Does that help answer your question?
Part of the challenge is that, during the auth dialog, there's no way for us to explain why we're asking for permissions. This is true across every oAuth identity provider I've done integrations with - they don't give you a way to explain why you ask for something like "Manage Contacts".
For that reason, when we ask you to connect to Github, directly below the button we link to a page about security (right now only visible to logged in users, sorry about that):
We should probably do the same whenever we ask for access to your Google Account. Really appreciate the feedback.