Why does Reader for Android want access to my GMail?

Question

I was about to update Adobe Reader  on my Droid X just now and decided to review what changes were being  made to the application's permissions. Apparently now I would have to  "Allow this application to access: Your messages (read Gmail)"
Why would Adobe Reader need access to my Gmail messages?

Answer 1

This unexplained change in required privileges is totally unacceptable.
I am only one of many who are posting in Market feedback that we will not update to this latest version until a reasonable explanation is given. 
As with Apple's "LocationGate", a failure to communicate early, clearly and accurately will cause (is causing?) a major negative reaction among users. 
Adobe needs to either give a credible reason for this change or roll out an update that doesn't require access to our Gmail. 
A further reason to be concerned about this privilege request: they want to access Gmail, but make no request to access our other email accounts via "messaging".  Why just Gmail?  
Update: their revised release note mentions access to standard email with this update, but still does not request permission to do so. This makes the Gmail privilege all that more suspicious. As for their claim this is needed to open PDF attachments, the prior version did this without Gmail access permission  
In any case, I'm joining the update boycott until this is explained or removed. 
Message was edited by: sylerner to improve formatting and add an update.