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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by chatmasta on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:53PM (#38538081)
Yes, and when it's enabled it has more privileges than most other apps, doesn't it? But yeah you can still remove the app.

Btw, maybe related, on iOS I have "app privacy report" enabled, to show me a list of apps and the recent entitlements they used. Every Apple app, even those that don't need access to them, is shown as having recently accessed my Contacts. I find this weird. Anyone know why they do that? e.g. I've never even used the Health app and yet it's accessing my Contacts for some reason.

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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by saagarjha on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @01:58AM (#38541151)
It’s basically the same as any other app, there are some special permissions it has to integrate with the OS a bit better but nothing too interesting. Not sure what’s going on with Contacts but it might be a bug?
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