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by MichaelGG 4740 days ago
Actually, most of the time it's explained as being needed to determine if the phone is in a call. Which sounds perfectly fine - I'd like music to stop or games to pause on incoming calls.

The fact that "phone state" is mixed up with Phone Unique ID is terrible.

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Well, not only if your phone is in a call, but also your phone number, device id and the number of the person you're connected to.

Read phone status and identity: Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.k...

And don't worry if your friend has the Facebook app and calls you if you don't have a profile. They can just search through your friend's contacts to associate your number with a shadow profile of you anyway.