Yikes.

  • Aux@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Don’t forget to report it inside Play Store. All of these permissions are not required, thus the app is breaking store rules.

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      1 year ago

      Instagram has all the same stuff and it’s been there for years. Bet it’s also the case with Facebook

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      1 year ago

      It’s meta. Unfortunately I’m sure their lawyers can come up with dumb bullshit excuses for every one of these.

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      They’re not permissions, they’re the types of data that may be collected. Every popular closed source app has a similar obscene list of private data they may collect, but in most cases it’s the user that chooses to provide that kind of information voluntarily anyways.