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Signal on Android relies upon Google Play Services for the microphone and camera permissions, which can't be turned off. It is open-source [1] so one could inst
by franky47 8y ago
Signal on Android relies upon Google Play Services for the microphone and camera permissions, which can't be turned off.
It is open-source [1] so one could install it without going through the Google Play Store (it's not on F-Droid though), but it's another case of Google's ever-expanding grasp over "interesting" (read: competing) Android apps.
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android
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