At least on Android, I think it does require permissions. The difference is that users have no idea what it is and therefore don't care. It's unfortunate that t

At least on Android, I think it does require permissions. The difference is that users have no idea what it is and therefore don't care. It's unfortunate that the list of on-demand permissions doesn't include doesn't include things like local network info (or internet access in general). I personally give strong NO to any app that requests GPS location and isn't an actual map app, but Google no longer requests confirmation (or even tells you) when apps add new permissions in the same category, so every so often I have to go through my list of installed apps.