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by circular_logic 2614 days ago
> BuzzFeed News manually identified apps that requested a high number of permissions, including those assigned as “dangerous,”

A useful automated tool for this is 'Exodus' it will scan APKs for trackers and permissions and provide a web report.

Here is a report for one of the apps mentioned. https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/15627/