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I've never examined a permissions dump for android before, but I see:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE"/>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE"/>
... and I am surprised to not see carte blanche access to photos, contacts, SMS messages, etc.

Which is to say, the granted permissions seems surprisingly restrained...

parent rsync 6 years ago

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