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Open Whisper Systems have answered that question in very large detail here: "What are all these permissions" https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articl

Open Whisper Systems have answered that question in very large detail here: "What are all these permissions" https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/212535858-What-are-all-these-permissions- https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/2125358... Also, worth remembering that Open Whisper Systems is a non-profit and needs donations to survive. Donate here: https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/212940158-How-can-I-donate- https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/2129401... Or contribute code or translations here: https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/213134287-How-do-I-help- https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/2131342... Or just tell your friends, family, co-workers to use it.

DrScump 10y ago
Being Open Source doesn't make it impervious to being a vector for exploits, as Heartbleed brutally demonstrated. It shouldn't be requiring permissions it doesn't need or isn't using "yet". Permissions used rarely or only in certain configurations can be prompted for granting on the fly in current Android releases, can't they? Does the Play Store really limit you to one copy of your app to span every supported major release of Android?
Amir6 10y ago
With all due respect for the project, and those who endorse it, the details they provide on that page is (and I'm use the words Snowden used before) Horse Shit! I wish I had time to go into details and write a good post about it.