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Uhmmmm no thanks??? WTF
I don't love being spied on and shit but that's a pretty basic requirement. You can probs just call people on the app.
How is it a basic requirement? No apps should be able to make and manage phone calls apart from your caller app. Even WhatsApp does not need this, and apps that use cellular calling can just open the phone number in the caller app, as they do when e.g. you click on a number in chrome.
Whatsapp does in fact need this to make calls
Basic as in most apps from the app store has that requiremnt
That's crazy. Wasn't like this even 5 years ago NGL.
Im not disagreeing that the level of privlage escelation is insane and beyond the pale, it is. I am merely pointing out that singling out one app for requesting this promission when thus has become the industry standard is, at best uninformed and at worst feels like your trying to hide something
Honestly I had no idea this was an industry standard, this is the only app I've seen in the past 10 years which requested such a permission. The last one was "Siri" for Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread off Android Market, and it stole 15 RUB from me.
Literally just let's calls interrupt our manage focus state.
Never had a problem receiving a call while in sync
Sync doesnt take full screen control with audio and video so it's quite a bit different
Android's fucked up permissions scheme makes even a flashlight app look like horrible spyware.
I have never once seen a robust permission model be easy to use or explain to folks who don't care.
Do you have a suggested alternative that's going to keep privacy and security advocates happy, while being easier to use?
remove permissions entirely and give every program root access. if it worked for dos it'll work for everyone.
Ah, the kernel level anti cheat approach.
Why not? There's certainly precedent.
Lol that's insane.
If people are going to waste my time with that "never complain about anything unless you can offer a solution" crap I'll waste their time with a similarly stupid answer.
I have a solution - don't harvest my data?
Incomprehensible reply.
Thank you, brainrot achieved. 👍
bites you
But in this case it doesn't apply, and you don't actually need the camera permissions to enable the flashlight and haven't for a very long time.
pretty sure thats so you can answer phone calls while the app is open
That's not at all how that works. Of course you can be called and answer phone calls while any app is open without any permissions, it just changes to the caller app. Have you literally never taken a phone call while on your phone before?
no need to be a cunt about it just tell me im wrong