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by cliveowen 4531 days ago
It's bullshit, I'm sure they have a similar motivation for retrieving running apps. When I bought my Nexus 5 I installed a game on it and was surprised to see on the desktop Facebook constantly asking me to like it. I didn't see it before and now it was there just after I had installed it, it wasn't a coincidence. Turns out the Facebook app has the permission to retrieve running apps, and this obviously happens whether you actually open the app or not, since it's always running in the background. This is fucking bullshit and I'm tired of companies always trying to peer into our lives.