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Re:Beware of ads that use inaudible sound to link your phone... by JoshTriplett on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:56PM (#10564524)
If you mean flashlight apps that use the flash LEDs, that explains why they need camera access. Address book is ridiculous, though.

As for people complaining: a few recent upgrades of Google applications asked for additional permissions without explanation, and the "reviews" of those got inundated with comments complaining and asking about those additional permissions until Google gave a satisfactory explanation (Chromecast support).

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Re:Beware of ads that use inaudible sound to link your phone... by babuskov on Saturday November 14, 2015 @01:29AM (#10564736)
That's correct. I built a minimal flashlight app and camera is the only privilege it needs:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigosaur.l...

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