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At least one of the apps listed (Telegram) uses location when you choose to like sharing your location with people and I have never seen it request location otherwise. Puts the rest of the data in to question for me.

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From TFA (emphasis mine)

> These include apps masquerading as popular services such as Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat.

Note they are masquerading as the listed messengers, not the actual messengers themselves