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by qsera 91 days ago
>convenience trumps privacy in practice in a lot of cases. T

I quite recently found that the "CRED" app works by requesting permission to access the user's WHOLE INBOX and reading their mails. The users apparently have no problems giving access to their all mails to some app that they don't have control or ability to scrutinize.

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Even some package tracking apps want access to your email to scan for packages.

Forget that!