[manu29d]

Hmmm. Nobody talking about other apps that do this? Talking about Tinder[1] for example. They require "Device ID and cell information" too.

[1]: https://twitter.com/manu29d/status/710883865955422208

[dredmorbius]

"Et tu" comments without even bothering to search for earlier submissions aren't particularly enlightening.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11465215

From myself in the past week. I've lobbied several app devs to remove/reduce permissions. I've uninstalled others.

Android's privacy model sucks. It needs retroactive fixes. Highlighting the problems is how that gets fixed.