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Re:Multiple Android apps use combined permissions to siphon ... by moolcool on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @01:23PM (#16690731)
Technical solutions > legal solutions. iOS doesn't have (as many) problems like this (speaking as an Android user)
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Re:Multiple Android apps use combined permissions to siphon ... by thisacctforreal on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @02:21PM (#16691312)
There is still the isssue of the Photos permission granting access to all photos on the device.

But I believe location metadata is stripped for apps without location permissions, and the Photos permission is largely unnecessary thanks to the near ubiquitous Share button support.

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