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Someone looked into the permissions quickly - https://paste.gg/p/anonymous/b7c95d3967514e78a652840b5b666d50 https://paste.gg/p/anonymous/b7c95d3967514e78a652840

• rsync 7y ago
  I've never examined a permissions dump for android before, but I see: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/> <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE"/> <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE"/> ... and I am surprised to not see carte blanche access to photos, contacts, SMS messages, etc. Which is to say, the granted permissions seems surprisingly restrained...
  • vmception 7y ago
    yes, this is standard affair permissions
  • hailk 7y ago
    Why would they need Bluetooth permission for?
    • greglindahl 7y ago
      That's how it can tell you were very close to someone -- all of the other tracking apps do it that way, too.
      • hailk 7y ago
        I'm not familiar with app engineering, but wouldn't the location access be enough for that?
        • greglindahl 7y ago
          It's not app engineering, it's a comparison of GPS accuracy (especially indoors) vs a bluetooth beacon. Beacons work great no matter where you go. I'm currently on the 11th floor of a building. GPS accuracy in the vertical dimension is much worse than horizontal. A bluetooth beacon will tell you if I'm in the same room with someone else.
    • SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
      Huh? The contact tracing is 100% Bluetooth. You post a beacon periodically, other people post beacons, everyone is listening for that UUID and records and instances of it. This is how the whole thing works. GPS would be a privacy disaster, if it it did work for this. Random rotates beacons are a privacy issue if you don’t trust your phone mfg, which you should not, but as long as it’s an optional thing is O.K. in the way AppleGoogle are proposing.