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📣 AnimalMuppet

Steelman why my voicemail app needs permissions?


My voicemail app on my android phone just refused to let me listen to any existing voicemails until I gave it permission to see the location of nearby devices.

Can anyone give a steelman version of why a voicemail app might legitimately need such permissions? Because to me this just looks like nothing but information harvesting.


  👤 stop50 Accepted Answer ✓
It doesn't.