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Re:As Uber Prepares to Go Public, Its Lead Lawyer Races to C... by plinkplonk on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:26PM (#19308101)
yes, but the Ola app (last I checked) required access to all your emails and SMS messages and didn't function if these are not granted. When one of my friends contacted customer support he was told " but all your data is safe with us, why are you worried?"

(this was some time ago, I don't know what the status is today)

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Re:As Uber Prepares to Go Public, Its Lead Lawyer Races to C... by distant_hat on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:45PM (#19308179)
I use Android Pie and the only permissions they require to work is Location and Phone.
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Re:As Uber Prepares to Go Public, Its Lead Lawyer Races to C... by saagarjha on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:30PM (#19308124)
…I don't know what to say. How has nobody called them out for this yet?
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Re:As Uber Prepares to Go Public, Its Lead Lawyer Races to C... by radmuzom on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @01:07AM (#19308446)
This is definitely not true in iOS for the last 2 years at least.
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