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by JoshTriplett 3715 days ago
> Not 100% sure, but I think the access to contacts is so that you can split ride fares with other people.

There's a standard intent to select a contact for purposes like that, and then the app only gets access to the information of that contact. Apps requesting access to contacts get all contacts.
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rajivm 3715 days ago
It's actually probably so you can autocomplete a contact as a destination address for your Uber. The same is true in Maps for navigation. Unfortunately UX wins over privacy so launching an intent to pick a contact probably wasn't as elegant as using a unified autocomplete field.
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0xmohit 3715 days ago
Aha! So maybe they need a variety of permissions in order to apply machine learning so as to enhance the UX.
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