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A comment on Browser Permissions on Android: What No One Is Talking About.

Re:Browser Permissions on Android: What No One Is Talking About by iwasakabukiman on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:59PM (#23556683)
Since the original post seems confused about why a browser would ask for contacts:

A legitimate reason could be so that they can easily autofill forms for you.

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Re:Browser Permissions on Android: What No One Is Talking About by l0b0 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @07:41PM (#23558156)
What, for when I report my friends to the police? Seriously though, the assumption that I would be one of my own contacts is weird.
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