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Re:Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from A... by colordrops on Sunday March 25, 2018 @01:34AM (#16670920)
That should be something that doesn't allow the app to get onto the Play store, but Google apparently allows it.
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Re:Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from A... by halflings on Sunday March 25, 2018 @01:41AM (#16670934)
You need that permission for a photo viewer, but I guess you're right that apps asking for overly broad permissions should be banned.
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