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So many people are going to sign up and never look at this once.

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and that’s probably the scariest part

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What’s crazy is even Instagram and WhatsApp don’t have this many permissions.

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IG and WhatsApp definitely still get all the telemetry they need - just through other methods or through OS level permission loopholes unfortunately

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No because that would hinder their ability to dump information about everything they’re doing and who they’re with for attention.

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