this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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So many people are going to sign up and never look at this once.
and that's probably the scariest part
What's crazy is even Instagram and WhatsApp don't have this many permissions.
IG and WhatsApp definitely still get all the telemetry they need - just through other methods or through OS level permission loopholes unfortunately
No because that would hinder their ability to dump information about everything they're doing and who they're with for attention.