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It wants your GPS location for the same reason banks look at your location. Even if they still let an auth request go through, they can alert you through email
by slaymaker1907 5y ago
It wants your GPS location for the same reason banks look at your location. Even if they still let an auth request go through, they can alert you through email if a request is approved from an unexpected location. Camera permission is necessary for QR codes so you can setup the authenticator. No idea what the mic permission is about though.
- autoexec 5y agoYour IP should provide them (and your bank) enough location info to alert you if your account is accessed from another state/country. QR codes weren't needed to set up the hardware token, so that feels like a feature created to justify the increased access (also phones come with their own camera apps capable of reading a QR code or at the very least photographing one). The mic access is a side effect of android's leaky permission system which hands out the ability to record audio to any app that wants access to your camera.
- Melatonic 5y agoA lot of times you can deny access to many of those things and the app will still function just fine. Most of the apps on my phone I am not giving half the stuff they ask for.