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by aguynamedrich 4734 days ago
That doesn't give you the phone number though, nor does it excuse them using the phone number (as I'm inferring from the wording in the article). TelephonyManager.getDeviceId() returns the IMEI/MEID/ESN, not the phone number. When most developers require READ_PHONE_STATE for a unique id, this is what they use.
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TelephonyManager.getDeviceId() has it's own set of issues. See: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/identifying-a...