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Old January 29, 2013, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Thund3rball View Post
I am new to Android with a Nexus 7. And almost every free app I want to download (even things like Live Wallpapers) want to access my Phone, IDs etc etc... WTH is up with that? I know my Nexus 7 is not a phone but the notification made me sidestep. I can understand if it was related to the function of the app. But it's on everything and anything. Is it like that for paid apps too?
They're probably all using some form of generic form that covers all bases.

The use of generic terms for third party apps was one of the first things that set off alarm bells WRT facebook.
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