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		iKlsR on March 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook scraped call, text message data for years... Has anyone seen the permissions being asked for recently, games want access to contacts and to make calls. wtf?

derekp7 on March 25, 2018 [–]

Isn't that so they can pause / save the game when you get an incoming phone call? I recall reading that on an app once.

lostlogin on March 25, 2018 | [–]

What platform? Surely android as you can do that in iOS without those permissions and I would have thought you’d get rejected if you tried that on.

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