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Re:The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf] by throwaway8282 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:45PM (#21820708)
> I also hesitantly recommend installing Baidu maps. It’s basically malware, so uninstall it upon leaving China

Anyone have more info about this? What does/can the app do with the permissions it has?

Re:The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf] by hamhand on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @09:33PM (#21821232)
It agressively pushes all the other products Baidu has, like every other Chinese big app, but Baidu's reputation is especially bad, think about it as Baidu's Wechat super app. You can try Tencent Map.

If you are using Android, then get ready being asked for all kinds of permissions as it's Chinese apps' tradition, some apps even outright refuse to run if you decline it.